by Tom Barrett | Jan 6, 2016 | Employer Issues, General Health, General Insurance Issues, Health Policy, Healthcare Issues, Healthcare Reform, Providers
We read and hear a lot about the craziness and wild swings in pricing for common medical services. Some seem too incredulous to believe. Healthcare’s version of Ripley’s Believe It Or Not. OK. So here’s a true story. Hot off the presses. Happened just this week to...
by Tom Barrett | Jan 5, 2016 | General Health, General Insurance Issues, Health Policy, Healthcare Issues, Healthcare Reform, Pharmacy Costs, Pharmacy, PBMs and Pharma Costs, Providers
It seems the kickoff of a New Year fosters predictions, Top Ten’s, and various and sundry industry-related crystal ball lists. An article about consumer healthcare trends in this morning’s Fiscal Times (10 Healthcare Trends That Will Affect You in 2016) caught my eye....
by Tom Barrett | Dec 18, 2015 | Employer Issues, General Health, General Insurance Issues, Health Policy, Healthcare Issues, Healthcare Reform, Managed Care - Group Health, National News
I doubt I’m going out on a limb by saying that the “kid in the candy store” perspective that insurance companies may have had about the Affordable Care Act has all but vanished. A new Standard & Poor’s report released this week supports that the “candy...
by Tom Barrett | Jun 19, 2015 | General Health, Health Policy, Healthcare Issues, Healthcare Reform, National News, News and Events
As the Supreme Court decision on subsidies looms, many are wondering: which way is the court leaning? Most experts agree it’s way too close to a call. Wondering where things stand as we wait for the high court to announce its decision? Here’s a good, plain speaking...
by Tom Barrett | Jun 8, 2015 | Employer Issues, Health Policy, Healthcare Issues, Healthcare Reform, Medicare Medicaid, National News, Uncategorized
We’re keeping an eye on it; and, apparently so are many of the states. The healthcare reform law includes a waiver that, starting in 2017, would let states take federal dollars now invested in the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and redirect them and...
