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Healthy San Francisco Plan Finally Signs Up Some Hospitals
By: John R. Graham
7.10.2008

But For How Long Will They Really Treat Folks For Free?


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California's Health Insurance Rescissions: Hospitals Get Their Pound of Flesh
By: John R. Graham
7.8.2008

Maybe Anthem Blue Cross Didn't Break the Law, But it Sure Stuck the Providers


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Unbalanced Billing In California Hospitals: Is This A Problem the State Can Solve By Getting Out of the Way?
By: John R. Graham on 7.23.2008

Imagine if you bought an airline ticket to fly from San Francisco to Chicago and after the flight you received an extra bill from the co-pilot for what he claims is a fair price for his services. He is unsatisfied with the airline's pay, and would like you and your fellow passengers to make up the difference.
The Doubt of the Benefit: Why State Benefit Mandates are a Poor Prescription for Health Insurance
By: John R. Graham on 7.8.2008

A benefit mandate is a state law that commands a health plan to pay for, or at least offer, a specified treatment or type of provider, removing the benefit from negotiation between beneficiaries and health plans. For example, a mandate may require a health plan to cover treatment of alcoholism, or chiropractic services.

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Letters: Hospital Charges for Uninsured Patients
By: John R. Graham on 7.16.2008

Readers Jerry Jung and Mary Nelson propose solutions to American hospitals' strange practice of charging uninsured patients drastically higher prices than insured patients. Their solutions demand more government action, but government is a major cause of this madness.
Private hospitals join S.F. health care plan
By: Heather Knight on 7.11.2008

San Francisco's ambitious universal health care program took a step forward Thursday, when private hospitals agreed to begin treating participants rather than leaving their care entirely up to the city's strained public health system.

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