cost-sharing

Ezra Klein on “why progressives should learn to love cost-sharing in health care.”

Wonk Room » The WonkLine: July 22, 2009 2009

But then I realized that the people making those arguments wanted to do things like means-test Medicare, or increase cost-sharing across the system, and generally reduce costs in this or that way, which would cut innovation in exactly the same way that single-payer would hypothetically cut innovation: by reducing profits.

Coyote Blog » 2009 » September 2009

Then you can buy the Medicare supplement Medigap plan of your choice, including several options that pick up all of the cost-sharing under Medicare Parts A and B.

Ask Nancy: Can I buy a supplemental policy to my Medicare PPO? 2011

If beneficiaries in PFFS plans did not contact their plans before obtaining services to ensure that the service was covered, they may have had to “pay for the entire cost of the service if the coverage was later denied” and PFFS plans charged exorbitant cost-sharing to beneficiaries who did not “prenotify” a plan before obtaining services.

Wonk Room » Administration Releases Regulations To Scale Back Unfair Insurance Practices 2009

These spaces are being crafted and cultivated by people in co-op movements, in local currency experiments, in cost-sharing health care ministries, and in slow food collectives.

Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove: Waiting For St. Benedict: Where Does Occupy Wall Street Go From Here? Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove 2011

If you want to switch back to original Medicare or to a different Medicare Advantage plan with lower cost-sharing, you can do so during the annual open enrollment period.

Ask Nancy: Can I buy a supplemental policy to my Medicare PPO? 2011

He is pleading for the federal government to allow states to have the flexibility to expand cost-sharing measures with Medicaid enrollees -- a point he also made in an appearance Tuesday before the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

Haley Barbour's Medicaid fantasy 2011

But it's also the task faced by TV's best slice-of-life drama, Friday Night Lights, a still-remarkable series that has prolonged — if not quite improved — its life by innovative cost-sharing and cost-cutting.

'Friday Night Lights' tackles Season 4 changes, and scores 2009

In addition, no cost-sharing measures can be imposed on many Medicaid enrollees, including children, Barbour told lawmakers.

Haley Barbour's Medicaid fantasy 2011

These spaces are being crafted and cultivated by people in co-op movements, in local currency experiments, in cost-sharing health care ministries, and in slow food collectives.

Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove: Waiting For St. Benedict: Where Does Occupy Wall Street Go From Here? Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove 2011