Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Category: Health reform
Implementing ACO’s
One strategy for implementing Accountable Care Organizations is detailed in the case study of Advocate Physician Partners. This case report describes Advocate Physician Partners (APP) in Illinois, a physician-hospital Accountable Care Organization (ACO) model which seeks to integrate independent physician Continue Reading …
Gender differences in health costs
Health insurance pools risk and redistributes costs among the members of society. Women tend to accrue greater health care costs than their male counterparts. Under the Affordable Care Act all health insurance premiums – for men and women – will Continue Reading …
The Individual Mandate in Massachusetts
Insurance mandates are commonplace for car insurance. Subsidies promote such activity as buying a home or higher education. For health care, the debate continues over whether mandates or subsidies are the best policy tool to foster greater coverage and expand Continue Reading …
Itemized Deduction for Medical Expenses
Americans that spend high proportions of their income on medical expenses are entitled to deduct those above 7.5 percent of income from personal taxes. The savings amount to nearly $1,000 off the cost of medical care per person. The itemized Continue Reading …
Taking A Bite out of the Big Apple
Section 4205 of the Affordable Care Act requires certain restaurants to report calorie information on menu boards beginning March 23, 2011; New York City recently implemented a similar law. On March 31, 2008, an amended New York City regulation became Continue Reading …
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