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Tag: Health insurance reform
University of Lynchburg launches Master of Health Benefits Design – University of Lynchburg
“There’s a need for cohesive education that shows corporations and benefits advisors how to tie together value-based approaches to health care that provide higher quality health care at significantly lower costs,” program director Dr. Tom Scott said. “Health care is …
DPC and Self-insured Employers: A Benefits Trifecta
By contracting with a Direct Primary Care practice and re-routing subsequent encounters away from the more expensive insurance-based protocols, Self-insured employers can utilize creative plan designs to cut costs and improve employee satisfaction. The savings can be substantial even after …
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Hard Truths about Health Care by Michael Tanner
“Every health-care system in the world rations care in some way, either through bureaucratic fiat (Scandinavia, the U.K.), waiting lists (Canada), or price (that’s us). One can argue about which of these rationing mechanisms is fairest or most efficient, but …
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PassionForSubro » Health Insurance is NOT Health Care
“Just as health insurance is not health care, so too health insurance reform is not health care reform. Yet, because the ACA got so much press, and many previously uninsured individuals did secure insurance (giving us all the warm and …
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Obamacare Replacement Act – Senate Bill 222 by Senator Rand Paul – KY
Lots to like and consider here. We need more details about how tax equalization in the group market vs the individual market will be handled. The expansion of uses and benefits of HSAs is robust and will go along way …
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Debunking Media-Supported Myths about DPC: A Conversation with Dr. Brian Forrest — Hint Health
As a seasoned advocate and DPC practitioner, Dr. Brian Forrest knows all to well the problems that misinformation can create for a movement built almost entirely on word of mouth. In the second installment of our ongoing series, Dr. Forrest …
Three Reasons Why Employers Should Care about Direct Primary Care | Samir Qamar | LinkedIn
1.“Insurance is not necessary for all healthcare.” 2.“Not all healthcare is expensive.” 3.”Employers can use Direct Primary Care to lower healthcare costs.” Healthcare is the only field where insurance is not only used for rare events, but also common and …
