Only Skin Deep: Why Patients Don’t Shop for Health Care

Posted on March 17, 2016 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Health Insurance Coverage, Healthcare, Healthcare Shopping, High Deductible Health Plans, Out of Pocket Costs, Patients, Price Transparency • Leave a comment

http://www.chcf.org/articles/2016/03/why-dont-patient-price-shop?_cldee=aGVucnlrb3R1bGFAeWFob28uY29t

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Don’t Let The Talking Points Fool You: It’s All About The Risk Pool

Posted on March 15, 2016 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged ACA, Employer Based Insurance, Guaranteed Issue and Renewal, Health Insurance Coverage, Health Policy, Health Savings Accounts, High Risk Pools, Modified Community Rating, Out of Pocket Costs, Pre-Existing Conditions, Public Insurance, Risk Pooling • Leave a comment

http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2016/03/15/dont-let-the-talking-points-fool-you-its-all-about-the-risk-pool/

A Voter’s Guide To The Health Law Chatter

Posted on February 8, 2016 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged ACA, Health Insurance Coverage, Health Policy, High Deductible Health Plans, Medicaid, Medicare • Leave a comment

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/02/06/465739617/a-voter-s-guide-to-the-health-law-chatter?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social

Doctors and patients are discussing ways to cut costs

Posted on February 3, 2016 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Cost of Care, Health Insurance Coverage, Out of Pocket Deductibles, Out of Pocket Expenses, Physician • Leave a comment

http://www.scpr.org/blogs/health/2016/02/02/18109/doctors-and-patients-are-discussing-ways-to-cut-co/

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Increased cost sharing does NOT make better health care shoppers

Posted on January 23, 2016 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Delaying Primary Care, Health Insurance Coverage, Health Policy, Healthcare Costs, High Deductible Health Plans, High Deductibles • Leave a comment

Increased cost sharing does NOT make better health care shoppers.

Skin in the game

10 Best and Worst States for Health Insurance Costs

Posted on January 22, 2016 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Health Insurance Coverage, Health Insurance Premiums • Leave a comment

http://www.gobankingrates.com/personal-finance/10-best-worst-states-health-insurance-costs/

AJMC: Crossroads of innovation, coverage, competition

Posted on January 22, 2016 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Antitrust, Competition, Health Insurance Coverage, Health Insurance Payers, Health System, Hospital, Innovation, M&A, Market Consolidation • Leave a comment

AJMC: Crossroads of innovation, coverage, competition

A lifesaving flight, with a price tag of $56,000

Posted on January 21, 2016 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Air Ambulance, Health Insurance Coverage, Health Policy, Lifesaving Flight, Medical Emergencies, Out of Network Costs • Leave a comment

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/lifesaving-flight-price-tag-56000

Severe sticker shock adds to the stress of medical emergencies for patients in remote areas.

Access is about more than just insurance

Posted on January 11, 2016 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged ACA, Health Insurance Coverage, Healthcare Access, Insurance Narrow Network • Leave a comment

http://blog.academyhealth.org/access-is-about-more-than-just-insurance/

Cartoon – Health Insurance Coverage

Posted on December 19, 2015 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Cartoon, Health Insurance Coverage • Leave a comment

'Your insurance plan covers the 80% of you that's healthy.'

‘Your insurance plan covers the 80% of you that’s healthy.’