Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Author: Baylor MEERM 628
Health Policy Journal Club brings students together with multi-specialty faculty and members of health care teams across Houston to discuss recent evidence from the field of health services research. The studies selected for discussion always have implications for the practice of medicine and are useful for learning about various aspects of the American health care system.
The ACA Has Worked for Young Adults
Back in 2010, The Affordable Care Act passed with the intention of expanding healthcare coverage to those who were most impacted by an inability to afford insurance or to receive coverage through their employers. Young adults suffer from lack of Continue Reading …
Who Sets the Price?
Rapid rises in healthcare spending are no secret; the major contributors include pharmaceutical prices, biotechnological advances, and administrative expenses. But a group of 31 people might also wield more power than you might expect. In 1992, the Centers for Medicare Continue Reading …
Readmission Program may worsen Mortality
When the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was enacted, a large majority of the subsequent attention focused on the obvious topic: increasing insurance coverage. While the main goal of the ACA was to increase access to care, the law also took Continue Reading …
The Choice is Yours
Of late there has been increasing concern over the ever-rising costs of health care in America. Some have attributed these rises, in part, to an overconsumption of medical resources – imaging studies, lab tests, procedures – both through clinician recommendation Continue Reading …
Employer Coverage Perilously Steady
As uncertainty surrounding the future of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) looms, private insurance premiums have continued to climb. Given President Trump’s elimination of funding for ACA cost-sharing subsidies, silver plan premiums have risen by an average of 34% for Continue Reading …
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