Health insurer Aetna Inc. will stop selling individual Obamacare plans next year in 11 of the 15 states where it had been participating in the program, joining other major insurers who’ve pulled out of the government-run markets in the face … Continue reading
The latest from Gallup Poll: Presented with three separate scenarios for the future of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), 58% of U.S. adults favor the idea of replacing the law with a federally funded healthcare system that provides insurance for … Continue reading
More than 1,100 of Great Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) patients have been victims of so-called “never events” – errors so serious that they should never happen – within the last four years alone. But despite strong rules already being … Continue reading
It’s a sad headline: “Friends of girl, 18, with leukemia sign her casket with loving messages in a final goodbye after she died waiting for a hospital bed during a shortage in Canada.” Recently, Laura Hillier, 18, died after waiting … Continue reading
The battle between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton amounts to a debate over who’s the more socialist. Take Obamacare. Bernie Sanders wants to trash the whole mess. He wants to fully replace it with single-payer, Medicare for all. On the … Continue reading
The latest announcement came Friday when Anthem Inc. announced it agreed to acquire rival Cigna Corp. for $48.4 billion. If approved, the new insurance giant would have an estimated revenue north of $115 billion and serve the health needs of … Continue reading
Donald Trump may oppose Obama on some things, such as his “agreement” with Iran. But on other things, such as health care, his only complaint is that Obama’s socialism does not go far enough. In this respect, Trump is more … Continue reading
Health insurance prices may jump dramatically next year as some insurers are requesting double-digit rate increases. State governments are likely to grant increases that are less than requested, but those who pay for their own insurance out of pocket should … Continue reading
DailyCaller.com reports that a new Medicare bill will increase net federal health care spending by $102.8 billion over the next decade, according to the Center for Medicaid Services (CMS). That includes a $210 billion gross spending increase on Medicare, countered … Continue reading
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that private medical providers that deliver residential care services in Idaho cannot sue the state in order to raise Medicaid reimbursement rates to deal with rising medical costs. The justices, on a 5-4 … Continue reading
Denial is a process of ignoring facts for reasons that seem emotionally appealing. In the case of Medicare, one of the primary reasons the United States government has gone broke (and getting more broke all the time), denial is rampant. … Continue reading
The British National Health service is sometimes called — by healthy people who like socialism — the “envy of the world.” But how enviable is it? Charles Moore, writing in the London Daily Telegraph [www.telegraph.co.uk 1-30-15], has a somewhat different … Continue reading