KFF survey shows complexity, bureaucracy, denials, confusion rivaling affordability as an issue for insured consumers, with some saying it has led them to opt out or delay care

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KFF survey shows complexity, bureaucracy, denials, confusion rivaling affordability as an issue for insured consumers, with some saying it has led them to opt out or delay care

KFF survey shows complexity, bureaucracy, denials, confusion rivaling affordability as an issue for insured consumers, with some saying it has led them to opt out or delay care The majority (58%) of people with health insurance say they have experienced at least one problem using their coverage in the past year, with even higher shares … Read more

AHIP urges 4 types of policies to reduce health care spending

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AHIP urges 4 types of policies to reduce health care spending

By Kelsey Waddill June 12, 2023 – AHIP offered four recommendations to the Senate Finance Committee on Consolidation and Competition (the committee) to support healthy competition and reduce health care spending in the health care sector. “We support the Committee’s bipartisan momentum toward greater affordability and access through stiff competition that is essential to providing … Read more

A fluke in health insurance discounts? It’s not as crazy as it sounds

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A fluke in health insurance discounts? It's not as crazy as it sounds

Americans will receive $1.1 billion in rebates from health insurance companies this year thanks to a provision I wrote into the ACA. Former Senator Al Franken (D-Minn.), in a tweet on May 17, 2023 Former Democratic Senator Al Franken tweeted recently that Americans will receive $1.1 billion in rebates from health insurance companies this year … Read more

How Investing in Primary Care Can Advance Equity – California Health Care Foundation

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The doctor examines the young patients throat.

Photo: Jessica Brandi Lifland When properly supported and designed, high-quality primary care is a common good that provides better population health and more equitable outcomes, according to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM). But primary care in the United States has been under-resourced for decades, especially in Black, Indigenous and other historically … Read more

Benefits of the Substances of Human Origin (SoHO) Regulation.

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The EU needs more plasma!

At the end of June, the European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) will vote on amendments to the European Commission’s draft proposal for a regulation on quality and safety standards for substances of human origin intended for human application (SoHO Regulations). This includes plasma. It is essential that the … Read more

Measuring inflation can be complicated and bizarre. Here are 3 examples

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That's why nobody is willing to sell a house these days

1. Home Richard Newstead | Moment | Getty Images Housing is perhaps the most important category in the consumer price index, a key barometer of inflation. Housing is the largest expense for the average American family. The “shelter” category that measures costs for renters and homeowners thus accounts for more than a third of the … Read more