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In the holiday season it’s important to wonder and think about what consumers would like to see change with health care and health insurance. Here are just a few predictions of things consumers would like to see change in 2012: Transparency.There is little transparency in how hospitals set rates for health care services and consumers [...]
Everyone wants to save money on health care expenses. While the cost of health insurance continues to increase, consumers can work to take control of how much they are spending each month on some health care costs. Here are a few quick things that consumers can do to immediately cut their out-of-pocket expenses: 1. Ask [...]
Kathleen Sebelius announced three million Medicare beneficiaries have received prescription drug cost relief to date as the result of the Affordable Health Care Act. Health care reform has resulted in a reimbursed of $250 to Medicare recipients falling into the stage 2 Medicare coverage gap, or donut hole. In a press release, Secretary Sebelius says, [...]
The National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation’s new report finds that annual American health care spending is now at $8,100 per person in 2009, for a total $2.5 trillion dollars or 17.6 percent of the GDP in 2009. “Higher utilization of medical technology, rising treated prevalence rates for chronic diseases, and increased provider consolidation [...]
On May 5 the Vermont House followed the Senate in passing the final version of a health reform bill that creates a path for a universal, publicly financed health care system in Vermont. Governor Peter Shumlin has confirmed he will sign the bill into law. This makes Vermont the first state in the country to [...]