Health Plans Face Daunting Tasks. Parity Not High On List of To-Dos

I am attending the California Association of Health Plans annual conference this week and thought I would share some of what I am observing. For starters, Howard Khan, CEO of LA Care Health Plan and Chairman of CAHP Board provided a keynote that immediately established the context where health plans are concerned. He pointed to [...]

Taking the Conservative Approach to Health Spending

This is not meant to be a political statement though it will raise political hackles. It’s purely an observation and a series of nagging questions that I want to get on the table. Last night I read that the average household of four paid $6,000 in premiums for health coverage in the year 2000.  Only [...]