The argument for cost sharing is that people overuse healthcare when they don’t have to pay for it. But with cost-sharing, people also reduce their use of necessary healthcare, and are often left frustrated with […]
We have experienced and learned a lot since the passage of the Affordable Care Act. Think about what your agency has gone through the past five years. Now combine all of that with the tsunami […]
A number of high-level state officials have mobilized to protect Californians in the wake of what could be one of the largest health-care data breaches in the U.S. Last week a breach of Anthem Inc. […]
Eliminating discrimination on the basis of preexisting conditions is one of the central features of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). But there is evidence that insurers are resorting to other tactics to dissuade high-cost patients […]
The U.S. insurance segment for personal accident and health accounted for 35% of the industry’s gross written premium in 2013. The segment recorded a compound annual growth rate of 3.5% during the review from 2009 […]
Gov. Jerry Brown has appointed the head of a non-profit managed care association director of the California Department of Health Care Services, his office said Monday. Jennifer Kent replaces Toby Douglas, who announced last year […]
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