Comments on: FEHBP Rate Hikes Accelerate http://blog.corporateresearchgroup.com/2009/10/23/fehbp-rate-hikes-accelerate/ Inside view on the business of healthcare Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:21:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: The top 8 most precocious &/or wonky bloggers that are smarter than you | The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment http://blog.corporateresearchgroup.com/2009/10/23/fehbp-rate-hikes-accelerate/#comment-976 Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:29:18 +0000 http://blog.corporateresearchgroup.com/?p=2850#comment-976 [...] the “good kind of market” that Klein says is working for well for federal employees – have risen substantially faster than premiums in the private insurance [...]

]]> By: NOW! Blog » Finishing Reform Right: Fixing insurance accountability before the President signs a health care bill http://blog.corporateresearchgroup.com/2009/10/23/fehbp-rate-hikes-accelerate/#comment-780 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:02:24 +0000 http://blog.corporateresearchgroup.com/?p=2850#comment-780 [...] With private insurance pricing their plans below the public option, the public option is the one that gets to control overall prices in the exchange. No other alternative proposed would be able to do this. The latest alternative – allowing people to buy health care from the system members of Congress use – certainly doesn't. The system members of Congress use – called Federal Employee Health Benefit Plan (FEHBP) and run by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) – has just as much rate inflation as any other insurance market in this country, and is seeing its rates increase by over 10% next year. [...]

]]> By: What about costs? Why we need the public health insurance option option http://blog.corporateresearchgroup.com/2009/10/23/fehbp-rate-hikes-accelerate/#comment-727 Sat, 12 Dec 2009 11:57:21 +0000 http://blog.corporateresearchgroup.com/?p=2850#comment-727 [...] With private insurance pricing their plans below the public option, the public option is the one that gets to control overall prices in the exchange. No other alternative proposed would be able to do this. The latest alternative – allowing people to buy health care from the system members of Congress use – certainly doesn’t. The system members of Congress use – called Federal Employee Health Benefit Plan (FEHBP) and run by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) – has just as much rate inflation as any other insurance market in this country, and is seeing its rates increase by over 10% next year. [...]

]]> By: NOW! Blog » What about costs? Why we need the public health insurance option option http://blog.corporateresearchgroup.com/2009/10/23/fehbp-rate-hikes-accelerate/#comment-725 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:55:50 +0000 http://blog.corporateresearchgroup.com/?p=2850#comment-725 [...] With private insurance pricing their plans below the public option, the public option is the one that gets to control overall prices in the exchange. No other alternative proposed would be able to do this. The latest alternative – allowing people to buy health care from the system members of Congress use – certainly doesn't. The system members of Congress use – called Federal Employee Health Benefit Plan (FEHBP) and run by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) – has just as much rate inflation as any other insurance market in this country, and is seeing its rates increase by over 10% next year. [...]

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