Yearly Insurance Premiums For Families Rise To $12,680

Premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance rose to $12,680 annually for family coverage in 2008 — with employees on average paying $3,354 out of their paychecks to cover their share of...

The Temporary(?) Decline In The Number Of Uninsured

Two statistical “events” catalyze a lot of health reform debate every year: the Census Bureau’s annual estimate of those without health insurance, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services...

Health Plan Scoring That Runs Out Of Bounds

Editor’s Note: Last week Health Affairs published critiques of the health plans put forward by Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (IL) and Republican presidential candidate Sen. John...

McCain And Obama Health Plans: An Authors’ Roundtable

Editor’s Note: Last week Health Affairs published critiques of the health plans put forward by presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain. Health Affairs also published a third...

Epoetin Payment: Focus On Clinical Benefit

Editor’s Note: The post by Dennis Cotter below addresses the way in which Medicare should incorporate erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (epoetin) into its composite-rate payment for end-stage...