health insurance Archives

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Why Innovative Employers Invest in Worksite Healthcare

Ann Hartman, PhD - 1/10/2018 - 0

Worksite healthcare can help employees be healthier, more productive, and are more present on the job. It can also help lower healthcare costs.

Why Premium Support for Medicare is a Bad Idea

Harriet Komisar, PhD - 12/3/2017 - 0

Proposals that would change Medicare into a voucher program, also termed premium support, will harm the popular program and the people who rely on it.

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What Should You Do if Your Top Performer Is Toxic?

Mitch Kusy Ph.D. - 11/8/2017 - 0

Not only do toxic employees violate a company’s values, they also have a financial cost that can be calculated and shared with others in the organization to help spur action.

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Workplace Safety Precautions Every Employee Should Know

Noah Rue - 10/30/2017 - 1

Workplace hazards can take many forms. One way to avoid workplace safety hazards is to follow the strict safety guidelines outlined in your employee manual.

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Whose Fault Is It If Work Makes Us Sick?

Edgar Wilson - 10/22/2017 - 0

In the absence of genuine viable alternatives to working, can we charge employers and the systems that create work to pay for our healthcare?

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Apparently Nobody in Healthcare Trusts Each Other

Patricia Salber, MD, MBA - 9/29/2017 - 1

There’s no trust anywhere when it comes to healthcare-a new survey shows that hospital systems & doctors don’t trust health plans & plans don’t trust them.

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Dr. Robert Pearl’s 4 Pillars of Healthcare Transformation

Patricia Salber, MD, MBA - 9/14/2017 - 3

In his book, Mistreated, Dr. Robert Pearl, the former Executive Director and CEO of the Permanente Medical Group, lays out his vision of how to transform healthcare.

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When Insurers Save, Patients and Doctors Pay

Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber, MD, FACP, FAMWA - 8/23/2017 - 3

As insurers ratchet up utilization management, doctors’ paperwork burden increases and patients must jump through endless administrative hoops to access care.

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How To Get Lower Drug Prices Now and In The Future

Seth Ginsberg and Stephen Marmaras - 8/15/2017 - 0

Insured patients’ share of drug costs has continued to increase, but there are some strategies that they can use to get lower prices.

If You Follow the Money, Does it Really Take You to the ER?

Patricia Salber, MD, MBA - 6/22/2017 - 0

The leverage wielded on politicians and policy makers by healthcare stakeholders whose ox would be gored if real cost-savings programs are put into place is enormous. It makes meaningful change all but impossible.

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The Failure of Healthcare Public Policy in the U.S.

Daphne Stanford - 5/16/2017 - 2

Nearly 40% of the more than 43 million Americans who live below the poverty line avoid going to the doctor because of the cost of medical treatment. We must do better than this.

The First Ever Do-It-Yourself Healthcare Bill

Michael Z. Stahl - 3/20/2017 - 0

Want an alternative to the GOP healthcare proposal? Our Care’s BYOB platform—Build Your Own Bill—lets you decide what you want (and don’t want) in a healthcare law.