Here is Karen’s Op/Ed piece. AHIP was roundly criticized by Senator Baucus and the President for releasing the PriceWaterhouseCoopers report the day before the Senate Finance Committee’s vote on Heath Care Reform. The PWC report did not include the impact of the subsidization of insurance premiums included in the Baucus mark. AHIP had backed reforms [...]
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AHIP’s Karen Ignagni’s Op/Ed in the Washington Post
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Congress Cranks up Pressure on Insurance Industry; Bill would Repeal Industry’s Anti-Trust Exemption for Health Insurance and Medical Malpractice Industries
Posted in News on October 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here is the full article from Reuters. The proposal would, essentially, repeal the McCarran-Ferguson Act of 1945 which gave the Insurance Industry an exemption from Federal Anti-Trust Regulations. The repeal which is being proposed would impact Health Insurance and Medical Malpractice Insurance and not other insurance lines. This would open the door for the Federal Trade Commission to [...]
Aetna Signs Agreement with Boca Raton Community Hospital; Agreement Expands Access for Aetna Medicare Advantage Members to Include the Hospital and Its Physicians
Posted in 2010 MA Plans, Aetna, Florida on October 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Here is the full story from Reuters! I blogged back in March about Aetna adding Lee Memorial to improve it’s Medicare Advantage network in Southwest Florida. Now the addition of Boca Raton Hospital and Physicians will improve the network in Southeast Florida in Palm Beach county.
US Senate Rejects Unfunded Fix to Cuts in Physician’s Medicare Fee Schedule
Posted in News on October 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This story was coauthored by Robert Pear of the New York Times. Here is a link to the story. The Medicare Sustainable Growth model came from the Deficit reduction act. Fixing the fee schedule is a primary objective of the AMA and central to their support of Health Care Reform. By putting the Physician’s Fee [...]
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