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Bezos, Buffett, Diamond, the Latest Newbies on the Health Care Block
I found it incredible that health care stocks tanked on Tuesday in response to an announcement from the Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan Chase CEOs that they were, as employer payers, going to become game changers in the health care market. I have seen this movie before. Dozens of times over the last twenty-five years. The first time was when the leading employers in the Minneapolis-St. (Source: Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review)
Source: Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review - January 31, 2018 Category: Health Management Authors: ROBERT LASZEWSKI Source Type: blogs

GOP's Obamacare Tax Scheme Will Create an Insurance Nightmare for the Middle Class
Senate Republicans just announced that the repeal of the individual mandate (in the form of reducing the penalty tax to zero) will be in the Senate Finance Committee ' s version of tax reform. The individual mandate has never been successful toward the objective of attracting people to the program. There are much better ways to do that. But killing the mandate while simultaneously opening up the (Source: Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review)
Source: Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review - November 15, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: ROBERT LASZEWSKI Source Type: blogs

GOP's Obamacare Tax Scheme Will Create an Insurance Nightmare for the Middle Class
Senate Republicans just announced that the repeal of the individual mandate (in the form of reducing the penalty tax to zero) will be in the Senate Finance Committee ' s version of tax reform. The individual mandate has never been successful toward the objective of attracting people to the program. There are much better ways to do that. But killing the mandate while simultaneously opening up the (Source: Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review)
Source: Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review - November 14, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: ROBERT LASZEWSKI Source Type: blogs

The Outlook for Stabilizing Obamacare in 2018 and the President Who Can't Shoot Straight
The Alexander-Murray bipartisan (Source: Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review)
Source: Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review - October 19, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: ROBERT LASZEWSKI Source Type: blogs

The Outlook for Stabilizing Obamacare in 2018 and the President Who Can't Shoot Straight
The Alexander-Murray bipartisan (Source: Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review)
Source: Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review - October 18, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: ROBERT LASZEWSKI Source Type: blogs

Donald Trump Doesn't Know the Diffrence Between an Unfunded Mandate and a Bailout
By killing the cost sharing reduction (CSR) subsidies has Trump stopped what he has called an " insurance company bailout " ? Or, has he created an unfunded mandate? The Obamacare statute requires the health plans to provide cost sharing reduction subsidies to reduce the deductibles and co-pays in the Obamacare compliant individual health insurance market for those who make less than 250% of (Source: Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review)
Source: Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review - October 15, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: ROBERT LASZEWSKI Source Type: blogs

What Trump's Obamacare Cost Sharing Subsidy Rollback Means to Health Insurers and the Middle Class
My NPR All Things Considered Interview with Michel Martin: MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We have one more conversation about healthcare. As we just heard, health insurers are trying to figure out what to do without the [cost sharing reduction] reimbursement from the government that the Trump administration says will no longer be paid. The question is, will insurers raise their rates or withdraw from (Source: Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review)
Source: Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review - October 15, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: ROBERT LASZEWSKI Source Type: blogs

What Trump's Obamacare Cost Sharing Subsidy Rollback Means to Health Insurers and the Middle Class
My NPR All Things Considered Interview with Michel Martin: MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We have one more conversation about healthcare. As we just heard, health insurers are trying to figure out what to do without the [cost sharing reduction] reimbursement from the government that the Trump administration says will no longer be paid. The question is, will insurers raise their rates or withdraw from (Source: Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review)
Source: Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review - October 14, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: ROBERT LASZEWSKI Source Type: blogs

Donald Trump Doesn't Know the Diffrence Between an Unfunded Mandate and a Bailout
By killing the cost sharing reduction (CSR) subsidies has Trump stopped what he has called an " insurance company bailout " ? Or, has he created an unfunded mandate? The Obamacare statute requires the health plans to provide cost sharing reduction subsidies to reduce the deductibles and co-pays in the Obamacare compliant individual health insurance market for those who make less than 250% of (Source: Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review)
Source: Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review - October 14, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: ROBERT LASZEWSKI Source Type: blogs

The Future of Obamacare, Single Payer Proposals, and Health Care Costs as the Real Problem
Link: My Sunday morning interview with Sharyl Attkisson on Full Measure (Source: Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review)
Source: Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review - October 9, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: ROBERT LASZEWSKI Source Type: blogs

The Republican Senators' Cassidy-Graham Conundrum
If you were a Republican Senator today, would you rather risk losing your Senate seat because the base was angry with your failure to pass an Obamacare repeal and replace plan, or because you did pass it but blew up the insurance system? See my op-ed at CNBC.com (Source: Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review)
Source: Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review - September 20, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: ROBERT LASZEWSKI Source Type: blogs

The Republican Senators' Cassidy-Graham Conundrum
If you were a Republican Senator today, would you rather risk losing your Senate seat because the base was angry with your failure to pass an Obamacare repeal and replace plan, or because you did pass it but blew up the insurance system? See my op-ed at CNBC.com (Source: Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review)
Source: Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review - September 19, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: ROBERT LASZEWSKI Source Type: blogs

What Do the Most Conservative Republicans and the Most Progressive Democrats Have in Common on the Issue of Obamacare?
See my interview today at CNBC. (Source: Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review)
Source: Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review - September 14, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: ROBERT LASZEWSKI Source Type: blogs