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Kaiser Health News
Sept. 6, 2019
"The concept of patients using Groupons to get discounted medical care elicited the typical stages of Twitter grief: anger, bargaining and acceptance that this is the medical system today in the United States. But, ultimately, the use of Groupon and other pricing tools is symptomatic of a health care market where patients desperately want a deal -- or at least tools that better nail down their costs before they get care."
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Medical News Today
Dec. 18, 2011
The HHS proposes that individual states have the freedom and flexibility to choose an existing health plan to set the standard for the services and items, to be the necessary components of an essential health benefits package. The following health insurance plans would be chosen as a benchmark: One out of the three largest group plans that exist in the state; One out of the three largest state employee health plans that exist in the state; The biggest HMO plan available in the commercial market of that state.
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Medical News Today
Mar. 26, 2008
Excerpt: The use of contract workers by the federal government is 'quietly' contributing to the number of uninsured U.S. residents because some of the contractors do not offer employee health benefits, the Wall Street Journal reports.
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Medical News Today
Oct. 31, 2007
Excerpt: A new study published in The Journal of Risk & Insurance explores the financial implications of banning insurance companies from accessing genetic information. Drawing on data that includes economic, demographic, and relevant family background information, the study simulates the market for 10-year life insurance plans that include breast cancer testing for women 35-39 years of age, examining the potential impact of keeping genetic test results away from insurers.
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Medical News Today
Jan. 17, 2007
Excerpt: The researchers found that 37 percent of plaintiffs with psychiatric disabilities received a settlement from the defendant or a court ruling in their favor, compared with 49 percent of plaintiffs with physical disabilities.
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Medical News Today
Aug. 15, 2006
Excerpt: Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Carl J. West has rejected a request from the California Hospital Association (CHA) to prohibit Blue Cross of California (Blue Cross) from paying differing fees to physicians who perform colonoscopies in hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs).
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Medical News Today
June 7, 2006
Excerpt: In an important new study forthcoming in the July issue of the Journal of Labor Economics, Katherine Baicker (University of California, Los Angeles) and Amitabh Chandra (Harvard University) demonstrate that the rise in health insurance premiums may increase the ranks of the uninsured and the unemployed by as many as 7 million workers.
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Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report in Medical News Today
Oct. 27, 2005
"Under the new plan, which has not yet been formally announced, monthly premiums would cost 40% to 60% less than those of current plans. On average, premiums would be lower than $25 for an individual, $37 for a single parent and $65 for a family. For employees in select areas, the premium will be as low as $11[.]"
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Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report in Medical News Today
July 8, 2005
Excerpt: Monthly private health insurance premiums for healthy young people 'vary by hundreds of dollars' in US cities, according to a study released last week by ... eHealthInsurance.com, the Wall Street Journal reports.
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Medical News Today
Feb. 25, 2005
Excerpt: Health insurance that pays the full cost of smoking-cessation treatments can increase quit rates, compared to benefit plans that pick up only part of the tab or that offer no cessation benefits at all, according to a new review of studies.
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