Tag: Medicare

Dual-Eligibility: An Overworked and Overlooked Population?

What is Dual-Eligibility? What is Dual-Eligibility?9 million Americans are covered by both…

Abby Norman Abby Norman

Medicare Advantage: The Coming Tsunami

Uwe Reinhardt had a column the other day in which he argued…

JohnCGoodman JohnCGoodman

Staying Informed: 4 Details Seniors Need to Know About Obamacare

Seniors are scrambling to figure out what the Affordable Care Act, also…

Phil Cohen Phil Cohen

Will ObamaCare Finally Cause American Seniors to Turn Against Government Health Care?

Most Americans are now aware of the disastrous rollout of ObamaCare health-insurance…

John Graham John Graham

What Krugman Doesn’t Understand about Medicare for All

On Monday I proposed a simple solution to the problems of the…

JohnCGoodman JohnCGoodman

Medicare Cuts: Hospitals Don’t Make It Up on Volume

The Affordable Care Act purports to reduce the deficit, yet critics expect…

DavidEWilliams DavidEWilliams

A Ludicrous Colonoscopy Rule and the ACA

   “An ounce of prevention” we all know is good medicine. An…

StephenSchimpff StephenSchimpff

Dual Eligibles in the U.S.: Statistics and Facts

There’s a peculiar fact concerning health care in the United States today:…

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Preventable Readmissions and a Recent OIG Advisory Opinion

Medicare's excess readmission penalty policy (up to a 1% ding in I…

David Harlow David Harlow

Medicare? I’m Sorry, the Doctor Won’t See You Now

Although I’m still working and not yet at an age when Medicare…

Bill Crounse Bill Crounse