Ding Dong! The Obamacare Tax Penalty Is(n’t) Dead
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February 28, 2018
Rating: 5
Which Medicare initiatives use quality measures?
In December, CMS listed its quality measures that it is considering for incorporation into some of their value-based payment programs and q...Read More
Which Medicare initiatives use quality measures?
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February 28, 2018
Rating: 5
John Hope Franklin: A Historian Who Made History
“I have struggled to understand, how it is that we could fight for independence and, at the very same time, use that newly won independence...Read More
John Hope Franklin: A Historian Who Made History
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February 27, 2018
Rating: 5
Emailing customer service, recurring payments, and specialist referrals: YOUR Questions Answered
Health insurance can be pretty darn tricky. And so, not so surprisingly, our Colorado-based customer service team gets some great questions...Read More
Emailing customer service, recurring payments, and specialist referrals: YOUR Questions Answered
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February 27, 2018
Rating: 5
Refusing To Work For Medicaid May Not Translate To Subsidies For ACA Plan
Refusing To Work For Medicaid May Not Translate To Subsidies For ACA Plan
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February 27, 2018
Rating: 5
Q-TWiST: One approach for measuring quality-adjust survival gains in cancer
Defining which cancer treatments are the “best” is not as easy as you think. At first glance, treatments that produce the largest survival ...Read More
Q-TWiST: One approach for measuring quality-adjust survival gains in cancer
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February 27, 2018
Rating: 5
Short-Term, Limited Duration Insurance Proposed Rule: Summary and Options for States
New proposed rules from the Trump administration would loosen current federal restrictions on short-term, limited duration insurance product...Read More
Short-Term, Limited Duration Insurance Proposed Rule: Summary and Options for States
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February 26, 2018
Rating: 5
Volunteering is good for you
A feel good research study from Sumedha Gupta (2018) : Cognitive decline among the elderly imposes a large welfare and health care cost on...Read More
Volunteering is good for you
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February 25, 2018
Rating: 5
Is No Exam Life Insurance for You?
For a variety of reasons, people sometimes want life insurance but don’t want to go through a health exam. It’s a fairly no-muss, no-fuss wa...Read More
Is No Exam Life Insurance for You?
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February 23, 2018
Rating: 5
How to Sign Up for Medicare Benefits
If you’re approaching 65 it’s time to get serious about Medicare. It’s a fairly complicated system and the rules can be confusing. Just be s...Read More
How to Sign Up for Medicare Benefits
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February 23, 2018
Rating: 5
Medicare for (almost) all, brought to Earth
Bernie Sanders’ Medicare for All proposal, first introduced in the 2016 presidential campaign, got a lot of progressive pulses racing. No pr...Read More
Medicare for (almost) all, brought to Earth
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February 23, 2018
Rating: 5
Medicare for (almost) all, brought to Earth
Bernie Sanders’ Medicare for All proposal, first introduced in the 2016 presidential campaign, got a lot of progressive pulses racing. No pr...Read More
Medicare for (almost) all, brought to Earth
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February 23, 2018
Rating: 5
How to “reconcile” your premium tax credit on 2017 taxes
If you had 2017 Marketplace coverage, you should have already received Form 1095-A in the mail. Make sure your Form 1095-A is accurate befor...Read More
How to “reconcile” your premium tax credit on 2017 taxes
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February 22, 2018
Rating: 5
How to Use Teladoc
“I need to see the doctor, what are my options?” Sometimes it’s a visit to your doctor’s office. Other times it’s an appointment with the ...Read More
How to Use Teladoc
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February 22, 2018
Rating: 5
State Regulators Keep a Watchful Eye on Healthcare Companies’ Federal Tax Cut “Windfalls”
In December, President Trump signed the Republican tax reform bill into law, which among other things, eliminates the health insurance manda...Read More
State Regulators Keep a Watchful Eye on Healthcare Companies’ Federal Tax Cut “Windfalls”
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February 22, 2018
Rating: 5
What We Are Doing With Our Tax Savings
It’s true. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) is a not-for-profit health insurer. But we do pay taxes. In fact, w...Read More
What We Are Doing With Our Tax Savings
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February 22, 2018
Rating: 5
Are there really benefits to Alternative & Complementary Medicine?
According to both Johns Hopkins University and The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), more than 40 percent of...Read More
Are there really benefits to Alternative & Complementary Medicine?
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February 22, 2018
Rating: 5
Proposed Federal Changes to Short-Term Health Coverage Leave Regulation to States
The Trump administration issued proposed rules on February 20, 2018 the rescind Obama-era restrictions on short-term, limited duration insur...Read More
Proposed Federal Changes to Short-Term Health Coverage Leave Regulation to States
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February 21, 2018
Rating: 5
Angela’s story: A realistic approach to weight loss
We heard about Angela Maynard from our wellness team. She lost 80 pounds over the course of eight months, primarily through Weight Watchers...Read More
Angela’s story: A realistic approach to weight loss
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February 20, 2018
Rating: 5
Trump Administration Unveils Proposed Rule To Loosen Restrictions On Short-Term Health Plans
Trump Administration Unveils Proposed Rule To Loosen Restrictions On Short-Term Health Plans
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February 20, 2018
Rating: 5
If It Talks Like Insurance and Walks Like Insurance: The Curious Case of Direct Primary Care Arrangements
For decades, elite “concierge” practices have been providing easy access to primary care in return for several thousand dollars in retainer ...Read More
If It Talks Like Insurance and Walks Like Insurance: The Curious Case of Direct Primary Care Arrangements
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February 20, 2018
Rating: 5
Anthem Calls On Eye Surgeons To Monitor Anesthesia During Cataract Surgery
Anthem Calls On Eye Surgeons To Monitor Anesthesia During Cataract Surgery
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February 20, 2018
Rating: 5
Need data on health plan benefit design in the ACA exchanges?
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has a publicly available data source you can use to find this information. Known as HIX Compare, the dat...Read More
Need data on health plan benefit design in the ACA exchanges?
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February 19, 2018
Rating: 5
Is the physicians labor market recession proof?
According to a Health Economics paper by Alice Chen, Anthony Lo Sasso, and Michael R. Richards , the answer is ‘yes’. According to their s...Read More
Is the physicians labor market recession proof?
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February 18, 2018
Rating: 5
Stepping in When States Don’t Step Up: First “State-Based” Plans Filed in Idaho, Violating the Affordable Care Act
Last week Blue Cross of Idaho filed the first "state-based" health plans, products that disregard a number of the Affordable Care ...Read More
Stepping in When States Don’t Step Up: First “State-Based” Plans Filed in Idaho, Violating the Affordable Care Act
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February 16, 2018
Rating: 5
‘Bill Of The Month’: A College Student’s $17,850 Drug Test
‘Bill Of The Month’: A College Student’s $17,850 Drug Test
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February 16, 2018
Rating: 5
Pain Hits After Surgery When A Doctor’s Daughter Is Stunned By $17,850 Urine Test
Pain Hits After Surgery When A Doctor’s Daughter Is Stunned By $17,850 Urine Test
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February 16, 2018
Rating: 5
FDA Head Vows To Tackle High Drug Prices And Drugmakers ‘Gaming The System’
FDA Head Vows To Tackle High Drug Prices And Drugmakers ‘Gaming The System’
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February 15, 2018
Rating: 5
What to do if Form 1095-A is wrong
You should have already received Form 1095-A in the mail. This form may also be available online in your Marketplace account. Before you fil...Read More
What to do if Form 1095-A is wrong
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February 15, 2018
Rating: 5
HWR Going for the Gold Edition
The latest edition of the Health Wonk Review– the Going for the Gold Edition — has been posted at HealthInsurance.org. Thanks to Steve Ande...Read More
HWR Going for the Gold Edition
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February 15, 2018
Rating: 5
Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ What Do The Budget, Idaho And FDA Chief Scott Gottlieb Have In Common?
Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ What Do The Budget, Idaho And FDA Chief Scott Gottlieb Have In Common?
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February 15, 2018
Rating: 5
Health Wonk Review for February 15, 2018
It’s February 15 … and a day too late for a Valentine Edition of Health Wonk Review this week. The good news? I’m all swept up in the Olymp...Read More
Health Wonk Review for February 15, 2018
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February 15, 2018
Rating: 5
Health Wonk Review for February 15, 2018
It’s February 15 … and a day too late for a Valentine Edition of Health Wonk Review this week. The good news? I’m all swept up in the Olymp...Read More
Health Wonk Review for February 15, 2018
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February 15, 2018
Rating: 5
Washington and the ACA’s Medicaid expansion
Washington state expanded Medicaid (Apple Health) in accordance with the Affordable Care Act (ACA), utilizing federal funding to provide hea...Read More
Washington and the ACA’s Medicaid expansion
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February 15, 2018
Rating: 5
Bayes vs. Fisher
An interesting People of Science video compares the approaches of two titans of statistics, Ronald A. Fisher and Thomas Bayes. from Hea...Read More
Bayes vs. Fisher
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February 15, 2018
Rating: 5
Idaho Blue Cross Jumps Into Controversial Market For Plans That Bypass ACA Rules
Idaho Blue Cross Jumps Into Controversial Market For Plans That Bypass ACA Rules
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February 14, 2018
Rating: 5
Track Your Heart Health with These Tips
Have you read Dr. Wu’s recent post dedicated to heart numbers? Your cholesterol, blood pressure, blood sugar, BMI and waist circumference ...Read More
Track Your Heart Health with These Tips
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February 14, 2018
Rating: 5
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