The Medicaid group used about 35% more health services, but they showed no clinical differences from the identical uninsured group across basic health measures like blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol levels that can be improved with the right treatment. The same was true comparing subgroups such as people with chronic diseases like diabetes. Health spending was higher among the Medicaid group, despite claims that using more preventative care and less emergency room will lower costs.
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The Oregon Trial - WSJ
Monday, May 06, 2013
A Temporary Insurance Program Foretells Exploding Obamacare Costs, Forbes
Thursday, April 11, 2013
An early ObamaCare health insurance program that has been operating for nearly three years is foreshadowing big problems to come with the larger health overhaul law. But this temporary Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan is running out of money, and the Obama administration has closed enrollment to any new applicants, saying it needs the money that is left to cover the medical costs of the 100,000 people already enrolled through the end of the year. The problems with this program are predictors of the costs that are likely to come when the full law takes effect on January 1, 2014.
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Is Your Doctor Really A Doctor? TownHall.com
Monday, March 25, 2013
The question regarding who is qualified to administer care is complex and is referred to as the "scope of practice". There are many integral contributors to the healthcare team. There are nurses and nurse practitioners (nurses with additional education and training), nurse anesthetists, nurse midwives, physician assistants, optometrists, chiropractors, psychologists, pharmacists, and the list goes on. These individuals play an important role in delivering healthcare to individuals every day but there remains one unalterable fact-they are not physicians. But, they would like to do the same things as physicians and their specialty societies have spent considerable time, effort and money trying to create the narrative that the care that they provide is equivalent to that which a physician administers. Generally speaking, that is just not the case.
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Health Insurers Warn On Premiums, The Wall Street Journal
Friday, March 22, 2013
Health insurers are privately warning brokers that premiums for many individuals and small businesses could increase sharply next year because of the health-care overhaul law, with the nation's biggest firm projecting that rates could more than double for some consumers buying their own plans. The projections, made in sessions with brokers and agents, provide some of the most concrete evidence yet of how much insurance companies might increase prices when major provisions of the law kick in next year—a subject of rigorous debate.
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