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Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Report: Americans Give Online Thumbs Down To #healthinsurers – Capsules - The KHN Blog #healthcare #hcsm #mdchat #rnchat

By Christian Torres
October 3rd, 2011, 6:02 AM
Americans’ dislike for health insurers is a trending topic.
Seventy percent of social media comments about major health insurers were negative during the past year, according to a new report released by Amplicate, a social media analytics service. The company analyzed public tweets, Facebook posts and comments on its own website between September 2010 and August 2011. Social media users made 2,311 comments total about 18 insurers, and those opinions were shared more than 632,000 times. Insurers aren’t alone, and they aren’t the most talked about: In the past year, U.S airlines generated over 34,000 comments and U.S. banks had nearly 22,000 comments.

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Saturday, May 7, 2011

Florida Legislature Passes Medicaid Reform | Sunshine State News

Florida's Medicaid program will likely undergo fundamental and historic changes in the coming years, as the state Legislature passed a comprehensive reform package Friday, the last day of the legislative session.

The bill shifts Medicaid recipients from the government-centered program that provides health care to low-income families by paying providers for services, and into managed-care companies that are contractually obligated to provide services and meet cost-reduction goals.

The bill is largely based on a five-year-old pilot program in Broward County and four other North Florida counties, but the statewide move to managed-care companies is unprecedented among the other states.

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Friday, April 1, 2011

Cuts Leave Patients With Medicaid Cards, but No Specialist to See - NYTimes.com

Eight-year-old Draven Smith was expelled from school last year for disruptive behavior, and he is being expelled again this year. But his mother and his pediatrician cannot find a mental health specialist to treat him because he is on Medicaid, and the program, which provides health coverage for the poor, pays doctors so little that many refuse to take its patients.

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Dr. Rachel Chatters, right, with Ana Smith, says she begs specialists to see Medicaid patients.

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Ms. Smith said she has tried for more than a year to find a psychiatrist to treat her son Draven, 8, who is on Medicaid.

The problem is common here and across the country, especially as states, scrambling to balance their budgets, look for cuts in Medicaid, which is one of their biggest expenditures. And it presents the Obama administration with a major challenge, since the new federal health care law relies heavily on Medicaid to cover many people who now lack health insurance.
“Having a Medicaid card in no way assures access to care,” said Dr. James B. Aiken, an emergency physician in New Orleans.

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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

New Health Insurance Survey: 9 Million Adults Joined Ranks of Uninsured Due to Job Loss in 2010; Few Viable Health Insurance Options Exist for Unemployed - The Commonwealth Fund

An estimated nine million working-age adults—57 percent of people who had health insurance through a job that was lost—became uninsured in the last two years, according to the Commonwealth Fund 2010 Biennial Health Insurance Survey, released today. The survey paints a bleak picture for the 43 million adults under age 65 who reported that they or their spouse lost a job in the past two years, finding that job losses are often compounded by the loss of health insurance, leaving families vulnerable to catastrophic financial losses and bankruptcy in the event of a serious illness or accident.

According to the report, Help on the Horizon: How the Recession Has Left Millions of Workers Without Health Insurance, and How Health Reform Will Bring Relief, the unemployed have great difficulty finding affordable health care. Only 25 percent of people who lost employer health insurance were able to find another source of health insurance coverage, and only 14 percent continued their job-based coverage through COBRA. In addition, purchasing individual coverage was not a viable option for most people. Seventy-one percent of adults who tried to buy individual coverage in the past three years, or 19 million people, either found it difficult or impossible to find a plan that fit their needs; found it difficult or impossible to find a plan they could afford; or were turned down or charged a higher price for coverage because of a preexisting condition.

“This survey tells a story of millions of Americans who lost their jobs during the recession, lost their health benefits too, and had essentially no place to turn for affordable health care coverage—putting their health and financial security at risk,” said Commonwealth Fund President Karen Davis. “The silver lining is that the Affordable Care Act has already begun to bring relief to families. Once the new law is fully implemented, we can be confident that no future recession will have the power to strip so many Americans of their health security.”

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Poll: Americans Are (Still) Confused About Health-Care Overhaul Law - Health Blog - WSJ

More than half of Americans say they don’t fully understand the health-care overhaul law, according to the latest Kaiser Family Foundation tracking poll.

The 53% who say they’re confused is only slightly less than the 55% who reported the same last April, shortly after the law was passed. The confusion rate dipped to a low of 42% in June in the past year.

Last month’s Kaiser poll found that almost half of those surveyed thought — incorrectly — that the law had been repealed.

In general, people remain divided in their feelings about the law, with 42% viewing it favorably and 46% viewing it unfavorably, Kaiser says. And not surprisingly, people identifying as Democrats generally have a positive view, while Republicans are strongly opposed. Independents are split, though they’re leaning towards a negative view (49%) rather than a positive one (37%).

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Monday, March 28, 2011

amednews: More adults going without medical care because of costs :: March 28, 2011 ... American Medical News

More working-age Americans are going without health insurance and not seeking physician care for injuries or illness because they can't afford it, according to two new studies released in March.

A report by the New York-based Commonwealth Fund found that the portion of patients delaying medical treatment in the last year is trending upward. Findings from the group's biennial health insurance survey in 2010 show that an increasing percentage of working-age adults skipped office visits, medical tests and prescriptions because of costs.

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Many survey respondents are going without health coverage after losing a job during the economic recession, said Sara Collins, an author of the Commonwealth Fund study.

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Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Health Care and You

The Affordable Care Act – One Year Later

We’ve seen some changes in health care over the past...

GAO report shows success in health insurer appeals

According to a Government Accountability Office report, as many as 50 percent of insurance appeals...

New Health Insurance Survey: 9 Million Adults Joined Ranks of Uninsured Due to Job Loss in 2010; Few Viable Health Insurance Options Exist for Unemployed

A new survey from the Commonwealth Fund finds 9 million adults became uninsured in the...

HHS: Seniors using new reform law benefit

A new HHS report shows that more than 150,000 seniors have received an annual wellness...

New site explains healthcare reform law to pharmacists, patients

Modern Medicine gives an overview of the coalition and its goal to educate health care...

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Thursday, March 17, 2011

Don't cut Medicaid, fund it better - CNN.com

Editor's note: Dr. Aaron E. Carroll is an associate professor of pediatrics at the Indiana University School of Medicine and the director of the university's Center for Health Policy and Professionalism Research. He blogs about health policy at The Incidental Economist.

(CNN) -- You can't turn on the news these days without hearing about our budget crisis. We've also been told, over and over, that it's a problem with spending -- we're doing too much of it.

There's truth in that. Even if taxes were to be raised, it's nearly impossible that we can begin to tackle the deficit without addressing the spending on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. Together, they total well over a trillion dollars in spending.

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Dems To GOP: Show Us Your Health Insurance : Shots - Health Blog : NPR

With Republicans on Capitol Hill still trying every legislative manuever they can think of to undo last year's health law, it was probably only a matter of time before Democrats tried a gambit of their own.

Now a House bill being pushed by Democrats would require Republicans to publicly state whether or not they are accepting taxpayer-subsidized health benefits under the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program.

They're entitled to such coverage as members of Congress, but Democrats say it's hypocritical for Republicans who are voting to take health coverage away from millions of Americans to accept coverage subsidized by those same people.

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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Women and the Affordable Care Act - Health Care for You | HealthCare.gov

Health Care for You

Women have unique health care needs, and often make health care decisions for their families. The law offers important benefits for women and their families.

The Affordable Care Act ensures that:

Insurance Companies Can’t Deny Coverage to Women. Before the Affordable Care Act became law, insurance companies selling individual policies could deny coverage to women due to pre-existing conditions, such as cancer and having been pregnant. Under the law, insurance companies are already banned from denying coverage to children because of a pre-existing condition. In 2014, it will be illegal for insurance companies to discriminate against anyone with a pre-existing condition.

Women Have a Choice of Doctor. Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, all Americans joining new insurance plans have the freedom to choose from any primary care provider, OB-GYN, or pediatrician in their health plan’s network, or emergency care outside of the plan’s network, without a referral.

Women Can Receive Preventive Care Without Copays. Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, all Americans joining a new health care plan can receive recommended preventive services, like mammograms, new baby care and well-child visits, with no out-of-pocket costs. See a list of preventive services for women. (Preventive services benefits apply if you’re in a new health plan that you joined after March 23, 2010.)

Women Pay Lower Health Care Costs. Before the law, women could be charged more for individual insurance policies simply because of their gender. A 22-year-old woman could be charged 150% the premium that a 22-year-old man paid. In 2014, insurers will not be able to charge women higher premiums than they charge men. The law takes strong action to control health care costs, including helping states crack down on excessive premium increases and making sure most of your premium dollars go for your health care.

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Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Report: Americans Give Online Thumbs Down To #healthinsurers – Capsules - The KHN Blog #healthcare #hcsm #mdchat #rnchat

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Florida Legislature Passes Medicaid Reform | Sunshine State News

Friday, April 1, 2011

Cuts Leave Patients With Medicaid Cards, but No Specialist to See - NYTimes.com

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Arizona Asks to Set Fines for Health Risks (April 2, 2011)

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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

New Health Insurance Survey: 9 Million Adults Joined Ranks of Uninsured Due to Job Loss in 2010; Few Viable Health Insurance Options Exist for Unemployed - The Commonwealth Fund

Poll: Americans Are (Still) Confused About Health-Care Overhaul Law - Health Blog - WSJ

Monday, March 28, 2011

amednews: More adults going without medical care because of costs :: March 28, 2011 ... American Medical News

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Health Care and You

The Affordable Care Act – One Year Later

GAO report shows success in health insurer appeals

New Health Insurance Survey: 9 Million Adults Joined Ranks of Uninsured Due to Job Loss in 2010; Few Viable Health Insurance Options Exist for Unemployed

HHS: Seniors using new reform law benefit

New site explains healthcare reform law to pharmacists, patients

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Don't cut Medicaid, fund it better - CNN.com

Dems To GOP: Show Us Your Health Insurance : Shots - Health Blog : NPR

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Women and the Affordable Care Act - Health Care for You | HealthCare.gov

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