The murder of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO has put health insurance companies in the spotlight. But insurers are just one piece of America’s broken and expensive health care system.
Health Insurance
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How Did Picking a Medicare Plan Get So Hard?
Medicare’s open enrollment season presents a challenging choice for its 67 million beneficiaries: selecting a new plan.
Posted inInsurance
What the Election Could Mean for Obamacare
One of the nation’s leading experts on the Affordable Care Act breaks down its track record the stakes the historic law faces in the lead-up to the election.
Posted inHealth Law
3 Health Care Decisions Awaiting the Next President
The next U.S. president will have to make consequential choices about the Affordable Care Act, prescription drug prices and abortion.
Posted inInsurance
How One Company Gamified Health Insurance
One organization turns to a game to get employees to debate and decide together what health care they value.
Posted inHealth Equity
A New Kind of Primary Care Comes to America
A group of nurses in East Baltimore is piloting a bold plan to bring basic primary care to everybody no matter their age, income or insurance. Can this idea from abroad take root in the United States?
Posted inPublic Health
An Insurance Company Bought This Doctor’s Practice. She’s Worried About Her Patients
One doctor debates whether to work for the nation’s largest insurance company after it purchased the independent practice she worked for in Oregon.
Posted inCost of Care
Surprise! Plans To Resolve High Medical Bills Are Still a Mess
Patients are now mostly protected from surprise bills, but doctors and insurers are still fighting over prices.
Posted inCost of Care
Sen. Bill Cassidy Wrestles with a $500 Billion Health Care Problem
Tradeoffs talks with Sen. Bill Cassidy about a new bipartisan effort to improve care for some of the country’s poorest, sickest patients.
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Can Washington Make Medicare and Medicaid Work Better Together?
Poor, sick Americans are stuck in a Medicare-Medicaid maze. Is a fix in sight?