Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Category: Affordable Care Act
Medicaid or Placebo. Which would you choose?
New data from the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment has thought leaders in the health policy world dueling over the statistics these past 24 hours. As background, we (Dr. Matthews) previously discussed the premise behind the : “Oregon has recently opened Continue Reading …
New-Age American Health Care System (Part 3)
In Part 3 of a discussion from the Student National Medical Association (SNMA) Conference in Louisville, KY this past weekend, Bryant Cameron Webb and I discussed changes to Medicaid. The Underserved One of the major elements impacting the care of Continue Reading …
Employer mandates: essential to reform?
Two states currently have employer mandates to provide health care for workers. New data from San Francisco updates the effectiveness of this strategy to insure America. In January 2008, the city of San Francisco implemented the Health Care Security Ordinance. Continue Reading …
2013 Affordable Care Act Update
The Affordable Care Act has brought some of the most fundamental changes to health care and health insurance in a generation. The biggest cultural change – the individual mandate – will not get underway until next year (2014). However, three Continue Reading …
2012 Year in Review (Part 4 of 4)
Health Care Costs Healthcare a luxury… in the United States??!! Yes. To a small portion of the population (e.g. unionized workers, CEOs) this is a reality. Whether it is the lack of co-pays or deductibles that encourage overuse of medical care, Continue Reading …
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