Pandemic Tames Healthcare Cost Growth for Some Employers
Large U.S. employers saw their smallest health care cost increase in more than two decades due to COVID-19, and workers [...]
Controlling Spending In A Fee-For-Service System
The US has the highest priced healthcare on the globe, yet mechanisms used by other countries to set and update [...]
Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google Target the Health Insurance Market
According to a recent analysis and report published by CB Insights, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google have been able to [...]
Report Suggests COVID-19 Could Cost Insurers up to $547 Billion
A new report from Wakely, commissioned by America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), suggests COVID-19 could cost payers between $30 [...]
SCOTUS Rules in Favor of Payers in Risk Corridors Case
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that commercial health plans are owed billions of dollars under the Affordable Care Act's [...]
Hospital Profits Higher When Surgical Patients Develop Complications
By Debra Gordon In yet another sign of just how dysfunctional and Kafkaesque our healthcare system has become, [...]
The Affordable Care Act: Perfect? Hardly.
By Debra Gordon I did a radio interview last week with KZYX public radio in Mendocino, CA. The [...]
