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MassHealth has higher claim denial rate than commercial insurers
From the Boston Globe: The state government Medicaid plan known as MassHealth, which covers low-income patients who can’t afford insurance, was the slowest payer of health claims to Massachusetts doctors last year, averaging 56 days, and denied the highest share … Continue reading
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Tagged coverage is not care, denied claims, Massachusetts health
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Tough luck for the poor in Massachusetts
From the New York Times: The difficulties in receiving care were severest among low-income residents, who have gained the most from expanded access under the state’s law, passed in 2006. It requires most residents to have health insurance and provides … Continue reading
Mandatory insurance, but less access in Massachusetts
Yet an other example of how having medical “coverage” does not mean getting needed care, here’s one more warning to those who want mandatory insurance. From John R. Graham at StateHouseCall: A recent white paper by the New England Healthcare … Continue reading
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Tagged coverage is not care, mandatory insurance, Massachusetts health
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Still waiting for medical care in Massachusetts
From the Boston Globe: Despite Boston’s abundance of top-notch medical specialists, the waits to see dermatologists, obstetrician-gynecologists, and orthopedic surgeons for routine care have grown longer – to as much as a year for the busiest doctors. … Patients in … Continue reading
Physicians who do not see Medicare and Medicaid patients
Medical internist and Professor of Medicine Mark Siegel in the Wall Street Journal: Here’s something that has gotten lost in the drive to institute universal health insurance: Health insurance doesn’t automatically lead to health care. And with more and more … Continue reading
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Tagged coverage is not care, Medicaid, Medicare, Medicare access
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In Canada, regulators decide who gets care
On April 14 the Denver Post published an excellent letter by Tish Jeffers of Centennial. Excellent work, Tish! Re: “Look to Canada for single-payer success,” April 11 letter to the editor. So, Timothy Snowden, who visits Canada often, has polled … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada health, choice, coverage is not care, single payer
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NY Times: “Doctors Are Opting Out of Medicare”
A headline like this makes one wonder what “Medicare for All” would look like, or what effect President Obama’s proposed “public plan” would have on physicians. It illustrates again that having medical “coverage” is not the same as getting the … Continue reading
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Tagged concierge medicine, coverage is not care, Medicare
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Will Massachusetts authorities ration medical care?
From the New York Times: Three years ago, Massachusetts enacted perhaps the boldest state health care experiment in American history, bringing near-universal coverage to the commonwealth with Paul Revere speed. … …government and industry officials agree that the plan will … Continue reading
Australia’s government-run health care is “down under”
From the II’s Linda Gorman: According to the Australian Medical Association, every public hospital in New South Wales is dangerously overcrowded, causing 1,500 unnecessary deaths each year. Patients stack up in corridors and emergency rooms waiting for beds. Hospitals routinely … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, coverage is not care, Linda Gorman
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Medicaid: poor care, rampant fraud
From a former senior official at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, published last week in the Wall Street Journal: Accumulating medical data shows that Medicaid recipients’ poor health outcomes aren’t just a function of their underlying medical problems, … Continue reading
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Tagged coverage is not care, Medicaid fraud
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