Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Category: Health reform
A Policy Prescription for 2012
Two years after the enactment of the Affordable Care Act, opponents and proponents are destined to collide in the Supreme Court. The controversy surrounding health reform, if not decisively determined by the Court, will certainly impact the upcoming elections. The Continue Reading …
Scrambling to rescue ACO’s
Health care systems such as the Mayo and Cleveland clinics – which are organized the way policy makers envision accountable care organizations – initially balked at the rules proposed by CMS. Now, the rules have changed. After receiving a significant Continue Reading …
[Anecdotes] Practicality, not idealism, should drive essential benefits
The Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) recently sent a to the Obama administration protesting the “grossly inadequate, skimpy, spartan standard” benefits made by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) on the definition of essential health benefits. The – mistakingly deemed Continue Reading …
Undocumented: Uninsured & Ignored
Undocumented immigrants account for 1 out of every 7 uninsured people in the United States. Simply ignoring them will not make the issue disappear. As of March 2010, there were an estimated 11.2 million undocumented immigrants in the United States. Continue Reading …
On the Horizon: Individual Insurance Market Changes
A description of the individual health insurance market shows that premiums tend to be lower, and benefits less expansive, than in the group or employer-sponsored market. But change is right over the horizon. The authors of the current study proclaim Continue Reading …