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Category: Access to Care
Non-financial barriers to care
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) was developed to help reduce affordability barriers to accessing medical care. With PPACA, the increase in affordability of insurance and the number of individuals covered will eliminate some, if not all, financial Continue Reading …
Tho’ you may not drive a great big Cadillac
Currently, employer-sponsored health insurance is treated as a tax free benefit. While this encourages employers and employees to obtain coverage, it is a limitless subsidy. The Cadillac Tax would cap this subsidy in coming years. Beginning January 1st, 2018, the Continue Reading …
Shared Responsibility
Cost sharing schemes can reduce over-utilization of health care services. Implementation of copays in the Alabama CHIP program demonstrated savings when patients and taxpayers shared the responsibility to pay for care. The passage of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Continue Reading …
What increases access?
Although the Affordable Care Act will grant Medicaid to nearly 17 million new enrollees, new research suggests that supply-side reforms are needed to ensure adequate access to health care for both public and private paying patients. The Patient Protection and Continue Reading …
Despite Wavering Popularity RomneyCare is Working
Governor Mitt Romney’s achievements in Massachusetts have served as the blueprint for national reforms. Despite wavering popularity, it appears that reform has brought better coverage and access to the people of the Bay State. The many similarities between the reforms Continue Reading …
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