This week’s edition of the Cavalcade of Risk is up at Colorado Health Insurance Insider.
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This week’s edition of the Cavalcade of Risk is up at Colorado Health Insurance Insider.
February 6, 2012 in CHIP, Health Reform, Medicaid
The answer depends on the state. Today, I examine an Urban Institute research paper that looks at this progress in more detail. Dividing States into 3 Group The most advance States fall into Group 1 (CA, CO, CT, DC, HI, IN, MA, MD, NV, OR, RI, UT, VT, WA, WV). These states have either enacted [...]
February 3, 2012 in Books, Quotation
“The first customers bough pairs of telephones for communication point to point: between a factory and its business office, for example. Queen Victory installed one at Windsor Castle and one at Buckingham Palace (fabricated in ivory; a gift from the savvy [Alexander Graham] Bell.” from The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood by James [...]
February 2, 2012 in Carnivals, Current Events
Check out the latest edition of the Health Wonk Review at the Colorado Health Insurance Insider. If the HWR hasn’t fulfilled your need to read, here are some additional links of interest as well. Hospital room vs. chain saw. Hand Egg. The Tax Foundation: Which states are best for business? Is America in Decline? “‘Patient [...]
February 1, 2012 in Data, Medicare, Physician Compensation
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is responsible for answering just that question. To determine what level Section 8 vouchers should be set, HUD measures the rents for every county across the nation. Specifically, they measure the 40th percentile and 50th percentile (i.e., median) rents in each area. They choose to use the [...]
January 31, 2012 in Health Insurance, Health Reform
One of the provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (a.k.a ACA, a.k.a. Health Reform, a.k.a. Obamacare) is that it limits the profits of health insurance companies. The ACA imposes a minimum medical loss ratio (MLR) on all insurers. The MLR is the amount of money spent on covered person medical care divided [...]
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