03-23-2014, 05:59 AM
"And in the private market, health-insurance premiums have moderated. In the exchanges, premiums have been below the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates by roughly 16%."
That's something we don't hear on the news.
Planet money did a spot recently about LaCrosse, WI where, according to a Dartmouth study Medicare costs were the lowest in the nation. One key to the reason for that is the focus of the study, LaCrosse's peoples' nearly 100% adoption of advanced health care directives, compared to about 30% nationally. Here's the link. It really is important for everyone to read/listen to if you do not yet have an advanced health care directive (aka "living will").
Here's the link. (22 min 33 sec)
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2014/02/2...oves-death
That's something we don't hear on the news.
Planet money did a spot recently about LaCrosse, WI where, according to a Dartmouth study Medicare costs were the lowest in the nation. One key to the reason for that is the focus of the study, LaCrosse's peoples' nearly 100% adoption of advanced health care directives, compared to about 30% nationally. Here's the link. It really is important for everyone to read/listen to if you do not yet have an advanced health care directive (aka "living will").
Here's the link. (22 min 33 sec)
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2014/02/2...oves-death