Comments on: AHIP Comments on Status of Health Care Reform

By: Craig

Craig — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:44:04 +0000

RD:

Segmenting out the Medicare Advantage business, there are currently about 1.6 million on PFFS plans. In 2010, about 800,000 were dropped. I see another 800,000 dropped in 2011 (or switching to another plan). In 2010, MA overall was able to absorb the PFFS losses and actually posted a small gain (Feb 2010 versus Dec 2009). I don’t see that happening again in 2011 with these cuts. I’m guessing that MA will be trimmed by about 1,000,000 overall from Dec 2010 to Feb 2011. The funding cuts to MA will hit premiums pretty hard, but HMO plans are more efficient that Medicare and should hold their ground.

By: alex sickert

alex sickert — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:37:13 +0000

A similar form of accounting was the subject of an MPR radio discussion this AM….relating to Employer paid health insurance…..it is free to the employee (as a non taxable benefit) and considered as a tax deduction to the employer. The “guest” on the show was infavor of taxing the benefit to the employee (since he/she is not paying for it) and eliminating the tax deduction to the employer……this is the reason why health insurance is so expensive.

By: Joey

Joey — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:47:25 +0000

I think its all a big shell game!!!!!

By: rdquinn

rdquinn — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:23:31 +0000

Good point, but isn’t this the nature of all health care reform?

What is your take on the impact of more cuts go MA on the 11,000,000 enrolled in one of the options?

RD Quinn

http://www.quinnscommentary.com