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Judge halts New York City's plan to redirect tax dollars to private health insurance companies
New York City municipal retirees got a reprieve last week from being forced by Mayor Eric Adams into a commercial insurance company’s Medicare…
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Nov 29
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DON'T MISS: Rep. Schakowsky (D-IL) and I exposed Medicare Advantage in Newsweek
In addition to publishing analysis pieces and commentaries here, I also co-author op-eds with other folks from time to time and do a fair number of…
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Nov 16
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DON'T MISS: Rep. Schakowsky (D-IL) and I exposed Medicare Advantage in Newsweek
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As health insurance premiums and out-of-pocket obligations increase, so does the number of Americans who are “functionally uninsured”
The average premium for a family health insurance policy through an employer has increased 43% over the past 10 years, from $15,745 in 2012 to $22,463…
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Nov 3
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HOW IRONIC: Corporate health insurance consultants blame high medical costs on our "bad habits" and "overuse" of system.
Meanwhile, big health insurance companies rake in billion dollar profits as Americans go underinsured.
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Oct 21
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HOW IRONIC: Corporate health insurance consultants blame high medical costs on our "bad habits" and "overuse" of system.
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UnitedHealth Group has fewer private paying customers than in 2012, but its remaining customers are paying way more in premiums and…
In a previous post, I wrote about the explosive growth in revenue, profits, and health plan enrollment in UnitedHealth Group’s Medicare and Medicaid…
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Oct 18
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UnitedHealth Group has fewer private paying customers than in 2012, but its remaining customers are paying way more in premiums and deductibles
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EXCLUSIVE: UnitedHealth Group made $81 billion in revenues during Q3 2022, billions subsidized by American tax dollars
United Healthcare's third quarter earnings are up 296% from the same quarter in 2012.
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Oct 14
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EXCLUSIVE: UnitedHealth Group made $81 billion in revenues during Q3 2022, billions subsidized by American tax dollars
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Must-read for US employers and lawmakers: 43% of working adults are functionally uninsured
The Commonwealth Fund has published a report that is a must-read for employers and lawmakers. If they read nothing else this year, this should be it…
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Oct 5
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The price of health insurance has increased 24% over the last year
We’ve heard a lot in recent months about how much the cost of just about everything has been going up, from butter and eggs to gas and airline tickets…
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Oct 4
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Hospital megasystems join insurers in a pattern of mergers and acquisitions, patients pay the price.
Now that President Biden has signed the Inflation Reduction Act, which authorizes Medicare to negotiate directly with pharmaceutical companies for some…
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Sep 27
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Hospital megasystems join insurers in a pattern of mergers and acquisitions, patients pay the price.
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Millions of Americans can't afford their out-of-pocket costs. We want to tell those stories.
Submit your high deductible horror stories to help make meaningful change.
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Sep 21
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The majority of big insurers' health plan revenues are subsidized by American taxpayers
See how your tax dollars are making health insurers' CEOs very (very) rich.
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Sep 7
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Sen. Blackburn (R-TN) used the "socialism" trope. It proves she doesn't know her history about Tennessee.
Mary “Marsha” Blackburn has been a Tennessee politician for over 20 years. She was a state senator from 1999 to 2003; a representative from Tennessee’s…
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Sen. Blackburn (R-TN) used the "socialism" trope. It proves she doesn't know her history about Tennessee.
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