The hottest Health Insurance Substack posts right now

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What I Read This Week...

chamathreads • 1356 implied HN points • 27 Jan 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Health Insurance
  1. Doctors suggest renaming low-grade prostate cancers to reduce unnecessary aggressive treatments
  2. Health insurance company Humana faces steep losses due to higher medical costs
  3. A significant ideology gap is observed between young men and women under 30 worldwide

Why Health Insurance Systems are Mismanaged

In My Tribe • 455 implied HN points • 01 Jul 23
🏥 Health Politics Health Insurance Incentives Costs Government Market
  1. Incentives in health insurance systems can be misaligned, leading to issues like services being rationed for those with expensive illnesses.
  2. Government can create artificial pools within health insurance to avoid selection games, but challenges in insurer-provider conflicts may persist.
  3. Integrating health insurance with health care, like in HMOs, can help manage costs, but compensation methods for HMOs and providers remain contentious.
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