I’m not normally a marching purpose. I’ll cut turf, I’ll optimize a data set, I’ll make phone calls but I don’t march. Well today, I marched. And I had a blast. I ended up walking with the ACLU contingent as they seemed to be a great group and met up with some people I’ve recent …
Healthcare down by the river
The Washington Post had a great article on how Idaho has tried to do something on Medicaid expansion eligible populations without actually accepting the federal money to just expand Medicaid eligibility to 138% of the Federal Poverty Line. I have some sympathy for Idaho policy makers who actually want to do something in a state …
Moral March tomorrow
The Moral March in Raleigh is tomorrow. The rally and gathering starts at 8:30 and the march itself goes off at 10:00 AM. Saturday, February 11, 2017 Gather across the street from the Raleigh Memorial Auditorium 2 East South St. Raleigh, NC Gather and Rally at 8:30 a.m. | March begins at 10 a.m. The …
Political profits from chaos
There were two tweets that I want to highlight this morning. The first is a case that is awarding an insurance company $200+ million dollars. The second is the former head of Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) summarizing some of his off the record discussions with C-level leaders at a variety of insurers. …
Method agnosticism and funding
I’m fairly agnostic about what method the United States uses to provide healthcare and health insurance to our population as long as the objectives of providing decent care at affordable prices in an equitable manner are either met or worked towards. If that means Medicaid expansion, great. If it is Medicare for All, fine. If …
Another anti-trust win
Via the Washington Post there was another anti-trust win last night. The Anthem-Cigna merger was denied. Anthem wants to appeal the decision but Cigna might want to walk away. “The evidence has also shown that the merger is likely to result in higher prices, and that it will have other anticompetitive effects: it will eliminate …
Trump Insurance rules
Politico evidently got their hands on a leaked draft rule making document for the insurance exchanges. There are a couple of significant tweaks in the rules. The most important thing so far is that the draft document accepts the ACA as it is and works on the margins. It is not an attempt to blow …