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Cromnibus: Obstacles And Opportunities For Payers

Anthony Brino | Government Health IT | December 16, 2014

Deep inside the massive short-term spending bill awaiting President Obama’s signature are provisions that could rattle the insurance industry...

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Et Tu, Oscar? Are You Reinventing Health Insurance? Or, Just Repackaging an Old Plan?

I've previously expressed my concern that Oscar and some of its fellow health insurance start-ups might be more about repackaging than reinventing.  I'm more concerned than ever after Bloomberg reported that Oscar is adopting a new network strategy: moving to "tight, exclusive networks with hospitals."  Oscar CEO Mario Schlosser said: "The bet we made in going deep with a couple of health systems, I love what we’re doing there. We’ve got a very good blueprint now to go into new markets."

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Marco Rubio: No Bailouts For ObamaCare

Marco Rubio | Wall Street Journal | November 18, 2013

With every passing day, ObamaCare's flaws are being exposed in painful ways for the American people. What started as a broken website—and nonexistent Spanish one—is now snowballing into a full-scale disaster that makes it increasingly clear this law can't be fixed. Read More »

Translating the Insurance Industry's Feel-good Rhetoric

Wendell Potter | iWatch News | July 2, 2012

Health insurers avoided their worst case scenario last week — the prospect of the Supreme Court striking down the individual mandate but letting the rest of the health care law, especially profit-threatening consumer protections, go forward. Now the industry can focus on a goal it has had all along: getting rid of those pesky consumer protections. Read More »