Engaging All Payers

Price discrimination in health care means each insurer pays a different amount for the same service. A prominent health policy expert suggests a move to an “all-payer” system as implemented in Germany, Switzerland, and Maryland. United States health care payments Continue Reading …

On the Horizon: Individual Insurance Market Changes

A description of the individual health insurance market shows that premiums tend to be lower, and benefits less expansive, than in the group or employer-sponsored market. But change is right over the horizon. The authors of the current study proclaim Continue Reading …

The Essentials

Under the direction of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA), individuals and small businesses are to receive a certain package of diagnostic, preventive, and therapeutic services and products that are defined as “essential” by the Department Continue Reading …