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When John A. Drew, FACHE, became president and CEO of Athens Regional Health Services in 1982 (then known as Athens General Hospital), he faced a number of challenges. As a struggling community hospital without a very good reputation, it was made up of antiquated facilities and the yearly budget didn’t provide the funds necessary to make major improvements.
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(A version of this Health Alert was published by Forbes). You might think this headline is a gag, given how deeply health insurers are dug into Obamacare. Only a month ago, I wrote that health plans’ mastery of Obamacare poses challenge to repeal. Losses in Obamacare’s controversial exchanges are not yet apparent in the publicly listed insurers’ financial statements. However, exchanges comprise of a small (but not trivial) market of about 11 million people. Through 2016, health plans losing money in Obamacare can rely on taxpayers to help them out. After that, they are on their own. Already, many plans are finding participation painful and increasing Obamacare premiums significantly for 2016. According to Louise Radnofsky of the Wall Street Journal, In New Mexico, market leader Health Care Service Corp. is
How our government is obstructing facts about your health insurance until after the election. Read my op-ed in Monday’s USA Today
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