Health Plans
The State of Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage
04/28/08
New data make it clear that America's employer-based health coverage system is increasingly in shambles, providing adequate coverage to a rapidly diminishing percentage of the population. We can fix it or replace it but, for the good of the nation, we need to do one or the other. To let it languish causes enormous unnecessary suffering and cost.
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The Hot Seat: GM & UAW
10/03/07
The new deal struck between UAW and GM effectively transfers the onus of employee health plan management responsibilities away from the employer and onto the union. This puts the union directly in the hot seat that GM has occupied for decades, and that they've been so effective in exploiting. Now that they're responsible for providing care with defined resources, they may be more receptive to more progressive approaches to managing the care process. Read More...What About Health Plan Transparency
09/15/07
Shouldn't the performance of health plans be as transparent as they have demanded of providers?
We Must Be Stupid, Stupid, Stupid: Mega Life and Health
08/01/07
Mega Life and Health is a disgraceful bottom-feeder insurance company that has developed a strong reputation for deception and taking advantage of the unsuspecting. The irony is that it is owned by three major Wall Street investment firms, and occupies a prominent position on the board of America's Health Insurance Plans.
