Health care

How many private health insurers are squeezing out-of-network care?
Leads | Remapping Debate | Health care
May 11, 2011 — Last week, Remapping Debate reported on the decision by Oxford Health Plans, a UnitedHealthcare company, to change the reimbursement schedules on at least some of its “Freedom Plans”...view
Disappearing patient choice courtesy of private health insurer?
Original Reporting | Craig Gurian | Health care
May 4, 2011 — Oxford Health Plans, a UnitedHealthcare company, is rolling out renewal plans this spring for small businesses of two to 50 employees whereby the company is increasing the total...view
Making patients have "skin in the game"
Original Reporting | James Lardner | Health care
April 20, 2011 — The House of Representatives’ approval of a deficit-slashing plan for 2012 and beyond may not have been everyone’s idea of “our generation’s defining moment,” as budget...view
NYT's lame look at the Medicare horse race
Press Criticism | Greg Marx | Health care
April 13, 2011 — Sometimes, you come across a story and have to wonder: “Exactly who was this written for?” An article in yesterday’s New York Times, “Republican Medicare Plan Could Shape 2012 Races...view
Recruitment of foreign physicians: a zero-sum equation?
Original Reporting | Mike Alberti | Health care, Medicine
March 9, 2011 — The United States relies heavily on foreign physicians to supply health care to Americans, especially when it comes to providing primary care. Foreign physicians are also concentrated...view
Nurses to the rescue?
Original Reporting | Mike Alberti | Health care, Medicine
March 2, 2011 — As recently reported by Remapping Debate, little is being done to deal with the crisis in medical care that will result from the massive physician shortage that is just around the...view
Warnings of doctor shortage go unheeded
Original Reporting | Mike Alberti | Aging, Health care, Medicine
February 16, 2011 — The shortage of doctors in the United States ­— already a problem for millions of Americans who live in areas where it is difficult to get an appointment or access to emergency...view
Visits to the Emergency Room: Bush-care, Canada-care, and UK-care compared
Map & Data Resources | Mike Alberti, Lori Bikson | Health care
January 25, 2011 — As Congressional Republicans do their best to repeal “Obama-care,” Remapping Debate revisits how “Bush-care” stacked up against England and Canada in terms of Emergency Room visits...view
Insurance execs are more valuable than doctors, aren't they?
Map & Data Resources | Mike Alberti, Lori Bikson | Health care, Income inequality
December 7, 2010 — Even relatively high paid family practitioners and internists earn much less money than health insurance executives, and the gap has been growing over time. The first graph below...view
Proposed Colorado constitutional amendment to restrict health insurance mandates defeated
Original Reporting | Timothy Martinez | Health care
November 9, 2010 — Proposed Amendment 63 to Colorado’s state constitution, which would have prevented the state from adopting or enforcing state or federal mandates to require individuals to...view

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