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Californias Health Care Affordability Board discusses plans for healthcare sector consolidations and mergers – State of Reform

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Californias Health Care Affordability Board discusses plans for healthcare sector consolidations and mergers - State of Reform

The California Health Care Affordability Board (HCAB), a decision-making body tasked with setting statewide and sector-specific spending goals and approving key benchmarks, discussed the state’s action plan to address facility consolidation health professionals during a meeting earlier this month. Katherine Gudiksen, executive director of Source on Healthcare Price and Competition in the law department of … Read more

Mass programs work to narrow the affordability gap for food and health care

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Mass programs work to narrow the affordability gap for food and health care Three Sisters Garden Project and the Massachusetts Medical Society are closing the gap. Updated: 8 PM EDT June 28, 2023 Hide transcript Show transcript The tricky thing about gaps in companies and curb talk is that we get used to walking over … Read more

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