Fear of life-altering debt is one way to manage utilization, but clearly not the best way. Smart benefit design and access to primary and urgent care would be better. beckershospitalreview.com/finance/study-…

12% of respondents in MA, with the lowest uninsurance rate in the country, report that they “regularly” put off care. prnewswire.com/news-releases/…

New ACA participation in Iowa - again stressing use of virtual care. beckerspayer.com/payer/wellmark…

Excited to release the first Clarify Health Institute research brief and couldn't have picked a more important topic, the mental health crisis facing America's children

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Count me as also very excited about our wondeerful new Hoya colleagues joining our sister center down the hall Center on Health Insurance Reforms

Very interesting set of allegations.

Game on! More data and a new tool for employers. fiercehealthcare.com/payers/new-pla…

Is there moral hazard to watch out for in VBP? No doubt. But this piece sets up what seems like a false choice between VBP and 'Medicare 4 All.' Providers cd be paid via FFS or some kind of APM in a single payer system. truthout.org/articles/value…

Certainly can relate to the sentiments here - both the amazement about the sheer massiveness of the payor data and the belief that the public is not optimally benefiting. Thoughts about a path forward? dolthub.com/blog/2022-09-0…

Great episode - real life example of why we need to ditch the glitch.

Huge study of VA wait times finds that #veterans have shorter wait times at VA compared to community care. This finding holds nearly everywhere in the US. Fantastic work by Yevgeniy Feyman Daniel Abebe Asfaw Kevin Griffith

Molina joning Iowa Medicaid
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The 'pushmi-pullu' that is a PSHP getting dragged down by poor provider financials.
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From bad to worse. usatoday.com/story/news/hea…