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2014 Milliman Medical Index-Medical Expenditures More than Double in US

Christopher S. Girod, Lorraine W. Mayne, Scott A. Weltz, Susan K. Hart | Milliman Insight | May 20, 2014

$23,215. That’s how much is spent in 2014 on healthcare for a typical American family of four covered by an average employer-sponsored health plan according to the 2014 Milliman Medical Index (MMI)...

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Managed Cost, Mismanaged Care

Meade Klingensmith | Remapping Debate | February 13, 2013

This is the first in a series of articles examining the phenomenon by which health care policy has come to be dominated by a single-minded desire for cost control, while concerns about maximizing the quality of care have been downgraded or ignored entirely.

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The Real Reasons Insurers Are Canceling Policies

Wendell Potter | Huffington Post | November 18, 2013

Now that President Obama has said it's OK with him if insurance companies keep their policyholders in health plans that don't meet the standards established by the Affordable Care Act, at least for another year, the big question is whether insurers will take him up on the offer. Read More »