By Chad Terhune California Healthline As health care consolidation accelerates nationwide, a new study shows that hospital prices in two of California’s largest health systems were 25 percent higher than at other hospitals around the state. […]
Maggie Colby and Catherine Teare Health Affairs Blog May 4, 2016 The recent Medicaid expansion, brought about by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), has paved the way for more than 13 million Californians to enroll in […]
Insurance plans are not covering the necessary addiction services, according to a report by The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse. None of the 2017 Essential Health Benefit benchmark plans have adequate addiction coverage; […]
SENIOR MARKET UPDATE Facts About Senior Americans In honor of Older Americans Month, the U.S. Census Bureau released the following statistics about people who are 65 and older: Percentage of the Population In 2014, 46.2 […]
HEALTHCARE Medicare Advantage 2016 Spotlight The number of Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Advantage has climbed steadily over the past decade; this trend in enrollment growth continues in 2016. The enrollment growth has occurred despite […]
By Michelle Andrews Kaiser Family Foundation In his recent book, “The Finest Traditions of My Calling,” Dr. Abraham Nussbaum, 41, makes the case that doctors and patients alike are being shortchanged by current medical practices that […]
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