Whatever you think about Medicare Advantage plans, HMOs and PPOs administered by corporate health...
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Is there a good alternative to prior authorization?
Talk to just about anyone who has had an encounter with our health care system and, most likely...
Trump’s tax bill means a $500 billion cut to Medicare
David Dayen writes for The American Prospect about the grave consequences of President...
Medicare agency to test prior authorization in traditional...
Last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced a new pilot project that will...
Democrats successfully contest some provisions in the...
The only way that Republicans can pass their “families lose, billionaires win” reconciliation...
Who believes that insurers will voluntarily improve the prior...
Reed Abelson reports for The New York Times on health insurers’ voluntary pledge to improve...
Proposed Medicaid cuts would mean benefit cuts for 1.4 million...
The House reconciliation bill, if enacted into law, would not only mean major cuts to Medicaid; it...
Medicare Advantage needs an overhaul
James C. Capretta, American Enterprise Institute, argues for changes in Medicare Advantage that...
The Senate reconciliation bill likely won’t target waste...
The Senate is now considering the House reconciliation bill, and it’s still anyone’s guess...
Avoid private equity-owned hospitals
Private equity firms are buying up hospitals, and the consequences for patients who use these...