Well, well, well: "Late [Friday] afternoon, the Seventh Circuit granted an emergency injunction against the HHS mandate — preventing it...
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Swiss Miss bliss [UPDATED]
As major proponents of consumer-driven health care, this post at Avik Roy's place is a treat: " [Author Regina] Herzlinger describe...
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The (Young) Invincibles
A year ago: " Seventeen million young Americans would lose promised access to health insurance if the Supreme Court strikes down [Obamn...
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Okay, this really ticks me off....
But in a good way: " Expressing Anger Can Add Two Years to Person's Lifespan ... found that exhibiting self-restraint and holding b...
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Cavalcade of Risk #173: Post-Mayan Apocalypse Edition
Risking the wrath of the Mayan Gods, Van Mayhall has outdone himself with a terrific collection of risk-related blogetry. What makes Va...
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Gold, the ObamaTax and Consequences
As in "The Golden State:" " California officials are concerned that the federal government might scale back its share of the ...
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The Taxman Cometh
All this talk of the fiscal cliff is enough to drive you crazy. While the idiots in DC that can't balance their checkbook continue playi...
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Watching figures
Thanks to FoIB Holly R , here's an interesting story about the confluence of medical tech and health care, with a dash of privacy and fr...
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Big Brother Takeover
Health insurance is changing. In case you have been under a rock for the last (almost) 3 years, what you thought you knew about insurance, a...
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Boxing Day Roundup
Here in southwest Ohio, we're getting our White Christmas a day late. It's quite beautiful, if treacherous, and the added treat of t...
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Don't second guess the Canadian Healthcare System
NHS has long denied treatment to patients that received non-approved care, often from the US where we are more aggressive in trying to save ...
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Where do these numbers come from?
Not that I would ever question my academic betters but a quote from my previous post raised another question; "Hadidi paid $40,000 in B...
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Booze Rx Redux
Interesting Christmas toast: " When Ronald Aldom developed ventricular tachychardia, or an unusual heart rhythm, doctors decided to tre...
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Hospital Bonus or Penalty
Under Obamacare, the federal government wants to rein in costs for Medicare and Medicaid patients. Starting in 2013 they will do this with a...
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Hobby Lobby Round 2
Having lost round one of religious rights vs Obamacare, the founder of Hobby Lobby vows to take his battle to the next level. A federal appe...
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From the P&C Files: Are your gifts protected?
The Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.) has some good advice: make sure your expensive holiday gifts are properly insured. Whether it...
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Billion Dollar Santa
If you've ever seen Elf or the Rudoph movie, you know that Santa's workshop isn't exactly a state-of-the-art manufacturing facil...
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Cavalcade of Risk #173: Call for submissions
Van Mayhall hosts the last Cav of 2012 next week. Entries are due by Monday (the 24th). To submit your risk-related post, just click here...
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The ObamaTax and the MVNHS©
As our existing health care system winds down, it's worth noting how even the most vulnerable among us benefited from it: " [D]urin...
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A Very Merry Health Wonk Review
Come join Julie Ferguson as she hosts a holiday-themed edition of the Health Wonk Review. If you've ever wondered why Rudolph's no...
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Silly State Tricks
While I certainly appreciate the sentiment, I fear that stunts like this are counter-productive: " South Carolina state Rep. William Ch...
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Court: Obama must rewrite contraception mandate to accommodate religious liberty
As many are aware, there is a serious ongoing dispute between the Obama administration and employers - particularly religious employers suc...
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Calling up the Reserves
Co-blogger Bob , FoIB Rick B and I have been engaged in an email discussion about carriers using their reserves to "buy down" cu...
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PCIP Dominos Begin to Fall
North Carolina's Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) is shutting its doors to new business : Seems they've run out of funds...
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ObamaTax Anxiety
A very good question here is whether Xanax will be covered under the ObamaTax: " President Obama pledged repeatedly that his health car...
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ObamaTax Increases
Remember when our Glorious Leader promised that the ObamaTax would lower health insurance premiums by 3 , 000% ? Good times, good times. Of ...
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Obamacare and Those (redacted) Subsidies
Obama promised our health insurance premiums would be (redacted) by (redacted). Now that we are almost three years in to Obamacare and our p...
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Health Insurance, Blurring the Lines
Seems like these days everyone wants to be in the health insurance business. The folks in DC are scrambling as fast as they can to earn your...
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Docs + Hospitals: 1,000 Words
What happens when hospitals buy up doc practices? Well, they're now called ACO's ( Accountable Care Organizations ), but it appears ...
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Dollar$ for Exchange$
Here's an interesting thing: " [HHS Secrreatry Shecantbeserious] expected to be running zero exchanges ... Congress has not yet app...
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Add One More Obamacare Lawsuit
The founder of Domino's Pizza is suing the federal government over mandatory contraception coverage in the new health care law. Tom Mon...
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Foundering Exchanges
As noted in our sidebar, the new ObamaTax Exchanges are due to go online in about 10 months. That is, if all goes well. But how likely is ...
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Avik on Medicare Age Eligibility
Earlier this week, we posted our take on a recent HealthBeat blog post decrying the idea of raising the Medicare eligibility age. Forbes bl...
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Unclear - Breathlessly Unclear - On the Concept
Hank just referenced this LA Times article that is dramatically headlined “Blue Shield of California seeks rate hikes up to 20%.” The arti...
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Unclear on the concept
Contrary to popular belief myth, the ObamaTax will not " lower premiums by 3000% " Anyone with health insurance has already seen...
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Three's a charm
Could the Buckeye State save almost a quarter of a billion dollars with a new Medicare/Medicaid pilot program? Perhaps: " Ohio is the ...
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DocFix Cliff
Last time we looked, Kelley noted that - once again - the government had chosen to kick the "doc fix" down the road . The "do...
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Medicare Eligibility
It's often difficult to draw a bright line between policy and politics, but we'd be remiss if we didn't point out a rather glari...
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Cavalcade of Risk #172 now online
Michael Stack and Rebecca Shafer make their CavRisk hosting debut this morning with this week's roundup of risky posts. Ever conside...
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ObamaFees: Missed one!
Earlier today, we discussed the ObamaGotcha due in 2014, but inadvertently omitted one due in just a few weeks. The Patient Centered Outcom...
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MLR = More Lousy Results
Medical Loss Ratios (defining how much of each premium dollar must go to claims) continues to wreak havoc with the health insurance busines...
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ObamaTax "Gotcha!"
By now, you've probably seen the news that, much like your phone bill includes a charge to pay for others' "free" service,...
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