Tag: insurance
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A brief history of why your healthcare and health insurance is unaffordable
The United States has experienced a relentless rise in health care and insurance costs over the past several decades. One explanation is that two major policy changes, Medicare and the Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) system, are at the heart of the problem. Both programs fundamentally changed the structure of American medicine by inserting bureaucratic and…
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Hmmm… I don’t think Kaiser Permanente wants me to file a claim to get free COVID-19 tests
They sent me a very kind e-mail informing me that I could buy COVID-19 tests at my local pharmacy and get reimbursed. They included a friendly link to submit my claim. I haven’t purchased any yet but I wanted to see what would be involved in filing such a claim first. I was greeted by…