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U.S. Health Insurance Industry Market Overview Nine Months 2020

Pamela Simpson — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 14:47:59 +0000

This financial report offers a 9 month overview of the U.S. health insurance industry market based upon “The ALIRT Health Composite,” which comprises 100 large health insurers issuing statutory financial statements on the health insurance company format. These companies include, but are not limited to, HMOs and write largely group medical, Medicare and Medicaid business. Employee Benefits products are also written by companies that file as life insurers (NAIC “Blue Book”). These products include group/individual medical health, but also retirement products, group Life, disability, and long-term care, and critical illness insurance.

We thank ALIRT Insurance Research for sharing this report with our audience.

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CBO Estimate/Analysis Re: American Health Care Act of 2017

Andrew Simpson — Thu, 25 May 2017 01:44:21 +0000

The Congressional Budget Office and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) report their estimate of the direct spending and revenue effects of H.R. 1628, the American Health Care Act of 2017, as passed by the House of Representatives. CBO and JCT estimate that enacting that version of H.R. 1628 would reduce the cumulative federal deficit over the 2017-2026 period by $119 billion.

CBO and JCT estimate that, in 2018, 14 million more people would be uninsured under H.R. 1628 than under current law. The increase in the number of uninsured people relative to the number projected under current law would reach 19 million in 2020 and 23 million in 2026. In 2026, an estimated 51 million people under age 65 would be uninsured, compared with 28 million who would lack insurance that year under current law. Under the legislation, a few million of those people would use tax credits to purchase policies that would not cover major medical risks.

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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate of Republicans’ American Health Care Act

Andrew Simpson — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 22:32:56 +0000

The Congressional Budget Office and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) estimate that enacting the Republicans’ American Health Care Act would reduce federal deficits by $337 billion over the coming decade and increase the number of people who are uninsured by 24 million in 2026 relative to current Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).

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Express Scripts Workers’ Compensation Drug Trend Report

Andrew Simpson — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 00:03:06 +0000

The Express Scripts Workers’ Compensation Drug Trend Report evaluates year-over-year changes in medication costs and utilization for injured workers.

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National Safety Council Survey of Doctors Prescribing Opioids

Andrew Simpson — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 13:01:37 +0000

This National Safety Council survey found that most doctors– 99% — are prescribing highly addictive opioid medicines for longer than the three-day period recommended, with 23 percent prescribing at least a month’s worth of opioids. And 74 percent of doctors incorrectly believe morphine and oxycodone, both opioids, are the most effective ways to treat pain, when research shows over-the-counter pain relievers such as ibuprofen and acetaminophen offer the most effective relief for acute pain. This NSC survey results are presented by Don Teater, M.D., NSC’s medical advisor.

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Patient Safety: HHS Report on Hospital Acquired Conditions

Andrew Simpson — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 15:00:02 +0000

Fewer patients are dying from conditions acquired while staying in the nation’s hospitals, according to a new federal report. Statistics from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) show that an estimated 87,000 fewer patients died in hospitals and nearly $20 billion in health care costs were saved as a result of a reduction … more

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Kaiser Survey of Insurance Brokers, Market Assisters Under Affordable Care Act

Andrew Simpson — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 14:54:38 +0000

The Kaiser Family Foundation’s 2015 Survey of Health Insurance Marketplace Assister Programs and Brokers estimates the number of people helped and the number and type of assister programs, while providing assessments of the enrollment process in the second year of the ACA marketplaces. For the first time this year, the survey also included health insurance … more

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Health Policy Brief: Small Business Insurance Exchanges

josh — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires states to create health insurance exchanges where small businesses can purchase health insurance, and provide their employees with more options, similar to those of larger employers. The small-business exchanges, created under the law’s Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP), offer group health plans to small companies. This brief by Health Affairs of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation focuses on issues that states have had designing and operating SHOP exchanges as well as challenges that these exchanges are likely to face in the future.

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