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A Minnesota bill would expand the MinnesotaCare Medicaid system to incorproate a public option. The public option would reduce uninsurance rates, but would also have some negative impacts on providers. An FTI report (“Evaluating the Potential Impact of a Public Option on Minnesota’s Hospitals and Patients“) reviews the implications of the public option in Minnesota.…
That is the conclusion from a recent report from some of my colleagues at FTI Consulting’s Center for Healthcare Economics and Policy. In the report titled “Protecting the Pipeline: How a Public Option Could Impact Our Nation’s Health Care Workforce“. An excerpt and some empirical findings are below. …government rate setting under a public option…
The NEJM recently reported on physician views about the public option and the possible expansion of Medicare. It turns out, most physicians favor the status quo of a mix of public and private financing. Why would doctors support a public plan? It could be ideological. They may simply believe that more government health insurance…
Today, I will review the Republican Response to President Obama’s health care reform speech. To sum up, Republicans propse: malpractice reform (likely damage caps) allowing individuals to buy health insurance across state lines, allowing small businesses and individuals to pool together (not the same as creating a health insurance exchange), refundable tax credits for low-…
The N.Y. Times reports that President Obama will not insist that a public option be part of any health reform package. You can watch the full speech tonight at 8pm ET live online here. Or for those of you (like me) who prefer the written word, you can always read the speech transcripts available later…