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Survey: Employers Skeptical of Health Care Reform, But Few Project Dropping Health Insurance Coverage
Even in an environment of uncertainty about the future of healthcare reform, a majority of employers surveyed (56%) say that they are likely to continue to offer employer-sponsored health insurance after healthcare reform is enacted, according to a new survey of benefit decision-makers conducted by GfK Custom Research North America. Only 12% of benefits decision-makers say they would be very or somewhat likely to drop coverage, and another 32% of the 502 private-sector companies surveyed are unsure what they will do.
Projections vary by the size of employer, with only 4% of decision-makers surveyed from those companies with 500 or more employees considering terminating coverage completely. In addition, decision-makers who say they are familiar with healthcare reform are less likely to foresee their dropping coverage (7%, versus 15% among those not familiar).
"This survey suggests that firms aren't considering a wholesale flight from employee healthcare coverage as healthcare reform is implemented," said Tim Nanneman, Vice President and Director of Health Insurance Research. "However, many employers are skeptical about the potential effects of healthcare reform."
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Source: GfK Custom Research North America; PR Newswire
Dr Kathy Zackowski Discusses the Importance of Rehabilitation Research and Trials in MS
April 26th 2024Kathy Zackowski, PhD, National MS Society, expresses the inherent value of quality rehabilitation trials for broadening clinical understandings of multiple sclerosis (MS) and bettering patient outcomes.
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Examining Low-Value Cancer Care Trends Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic
April 25th 2024On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we're talking with the authors of a study published in the April 2024 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care® about their findings on the rates of low-value cancer care services throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Empowering Community Health Through Wellness and Faith
April 23rd 2024To help celebrate and recognize National Minority Health Month, we are bringing you a special month-long podcast series with our Strategic Alliance Partner, UPMC Health Plan. In the third episode, Camille Clarke-Smith, EdD, MS, CHES, CPT, discusses approaching community health holistically through spiritual and community engagement.
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Kaiser Permanente was hit by a data breach in mid-April, impacting 13.4 million health plan members; GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) sued Pfizer and BioNTech for allegedly infringing on its messenger RNA technology patents in the companies’ COVID-19 vaccines; the CDC announced the first-known HIV cases transmitted via cosmetic injections.
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