Tag: cost-sharing reductions

This is a picture of a hat and a prescription bottle to describe how drug companies come up with prices to charge.

Category: ACA and Policy, Cost of Healthcare, Government Programs, Health Insurance

Drug Company Magic, Part 3

“Did you know that health insurance companies that participate in federal or state programs also have stricter gross margin/profit caps on that business? For example, the Medicaid health plans in Louisiana have to pay state and local taxes, and they pay for all administration on 15 percent of the payments they get from the state for managing care of Medicaid patients.”

Category: ACA and Policy, Cost of Healthcare, Government Programs, Health and Wellness, Health Insurance

Policy Points #3 – Putting the Brakes on Runaway Rate Increases: Mike Bertaut Explains How to Fix the Affordable Care Act

The candidates on the campaign trail have their opinions about how to fix the Affordable Care Act (ACA), how to make health insurance marketplaces work better and how to get everybody insured. Every policy wonk and think tank in America has weighed in on the problem. Of course, their solutions are all in alignment with their institutional biases on how healthcare OUGHT to work in America.