What is the predictable effect of cutting reimbursements to medical providers to less than today’s Medicare rates? The propsed Minnesota public option health plan is built on that idea....
By Greg Dattilo, CEBS & Grant Dattilo The 2023 Minnesota Legislature attempted to take major steps toward creating a government-dominated health care system. However, because of public pressure from a variety of groups and individuals – consultants, providers, employers, patient advocates, etc. – the legislature delayed...
Health care is too expensive, too complicated, access is becoming more difficult and wait times are increasing. Although quality among physicians remains high, there are severe and growing staff shortages across the medical profession and as a result, a decline in quality has begun. There is...
What, if anything, can employers do to mitigate expected increases in 2022 employee health insurance premiums? Mercer predicts an average 4.7% increase, while Willis Towers Watson says to look for 5% increases.[i] Some employers, however, are seeing far greater increases....
This is our problem: The cost of health care has spiked higher, but the quality of care is falling. Patients have no effective means of learning the price of care before using it, or of publicly reporting on quality of care in today’s patient-unfriendly health...
We can now be certain: The Affordable Care Act will remain the law of the land for the foreseeable future. Any changes will likely be incremental, and will come through Congress, not the courts. On June 16, 2021, in the case known as California v....