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A Policy Prescription for 2014
Regardless of what you think about the Affordable Care Act, and regardless of whether or not you are hoping for its ultimate failure or success, even under optimal conditions, it will fall far short of the goal the Institute of Medicine Continue Reading …
How well do doctors know the ACA?
In the article “Physician Knowledge of and Attitudes toward the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,” the authors survey otolaryngology surgeons using the Kaiser Family Foundation’s (KFF) 10 question health reform quiz. KFF published results from the general adult population Continue Reading …
Medicaid Increases ER Visits
This Policy Prescriptions® review is written by Dr. Seth Trueger. He blogs at MDAware.org and can also be found via Twitter @MDAware or tweeting for Emergency Physicians Monthly @epmonthly. In 2008, Oregon had some limited funding to expand their Medicaid program. Given the limited funding, they held Continue Reading …
Winning the Health Care Lottery
Yesterday, another installment was published from the research team of the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment. The major finding – Medicaid coverage results in a 40% increase in emergency department (ER) use. Many of the health care pundits quickly sifted through Continue Reading …
The Most Important Tweets of 2013
Over the course of a year, thousands, maybe millions or even billions of tweets shoot across cyberspace. In regards to health policy, these are the most important that I have come across. Make sure to read the links. I Continue Reading …
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