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‘ObamaCare’: A Healthcare Business Killer
March 25th, 2011
What is the shape of the healthcare business? By next year, more than 60 percent of America’s practicing doctors will be salaried employees of hospitals or health plans.
Big health insurers like Aetna and United Healthcare are continuing to get out of the business of taking actuarial risk for the health of their members. They’re gobbling up data and technology businesses, and morphing into service providers. Their aim is to sell products like electronic health records, data, and information technology programs to the person taking all the budgetary risk in the future – Uncle Sam.
Read Tom Miller’s related article, “One Year In, Americans Want a Divorce from ObamaCare.”
Hospitals, for their part, are going to try to turn themselves into regional health plans by consolidating local medical providers. Their
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What cities are tops for starting a small business?
December 6th, 2009
Chances are the Canadian cities where a new business is most likely to succeed might not be where you think. In fact, you might not have even heard of some of them until now.
The cities (those with a population of 25,000 or more) that scored best and were determined to be the friendliest cities to start a new business are: Lloydminster Alberta/Saskatchewan (the provincial border runs through town) Parksville, British Columbia Grand Prairie, Alberta Fort St. John, British Columbia Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Kelowna, British Columbia Sept-Îles, Quebec Fort McMurray, Alberta Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Regina, Saskatchewan Torontos 905 Region, Ontario The list, the product of the Canadian Federation of Independent Businesss examination of 12 entrepreneurial factors in three key areas, shows that big cities are not a big deal. With Read full post…
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Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Says Reform is Good For Business
December 2nd, 2009
Yesterday, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius issued a statement on the “Benefits of Health Reform for Businesses.” A copy of the Statement is available online with links to supporting documentation.
Secretary Sebelius states that a November 30 letter to Senator Evan Bayh from the Congressional Budget Office on the impact of the Patient Protection and Affordability Acts supports claims from legislators that “[s]mall businesses are likely to see premiums drop by 1 to 4 percent under the proposal.”
Premium savings will come from larger risk pools and lower costs owing to administrative savings and increased competition.
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