Author: Alex Lawson

A report done for Health Care for America Now A recent Milliman, Inc. analysis on behalf of America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) argues that Medicare doesn’t pay hospitals enough, causing private payers to pay well above costs to keep hospitals solvent. This is referred to as ‘cost-shifting.’ (1) The non-partisan Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) […]

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