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Employer Health Insurance Premiums Increased 50 Percent in Every State From 2003 to 2010
Premiums for employer-sponsored family health insurance increased by 50 percent from 2003 to 2010, and the annual amount that employees pay toward their insurance increased by 63 percent as businesses required employees to contribute a greater share,...
Strategy for Improving Health Care for Uninsured, Low-income, And Minorities in the US
A new set of strategies released by the Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System could dramatically improve how the U.S. health care system serves vulnerable populations—those in the U.S. who are uninsured, low-income, or...
Insured And Still At Risk: Number of Underinsured Increased 80 Percent Between 2003 – 2010
The number of underinsured adults—those with health insurance all year, but also with very high medical expenses relative to their incomes—rose by 80 percent between 2003-2010, from 16 million to 29 million, according to a new Commonwealth Fund study...
Three Quarters of Those Who have Lost Jobs And Health Insurance are Skipping Needed Health Care
Nearly three-quarters (72%) of people who lost their health insurance when they lost their jobs over the last two years said that they skipped needed health care or did not fill prescriptions because of cost, according to a new Commonwealth Fund report....
Former ‘Most Wanted’ Health Care Fraud Fugitives Plead Guilty
Two sisters who owned a fraudulent Detroit-area medical clinic and who are former “Most Wanted” health care fraud fugitives have entered a plea of guilty in Miami for their leading roles in a $9.1 million Medicare fraud scheme. How People Arrived...
Miami-Area Doctor Pleads Guilty in $25 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
A Miami-area medical doctor who owned two medical offices has entered a plea of guilty for his participation in a $25 million home health Medicare fraud scheme.
US Physician Practices Spend 4 Times Canadian Practices
Physicians in the United States spend nearly four times as much dealing with health insurers and payers compared with doctors in Canada. Most of the difference stems from the fact that Canadian physicians deal with a single payer, in contrast to the multiple...
Miami-area Resident Pleads Guilty for His Role in $200 Million Medicare Fraud
A Miami-area resident pleaded has guilty in U.S. District Court in Miami for his role in two separate fraud schemes that resulted in the submission of more than $200 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare. How People Arrived Here: alan gumer sentenced,...
