Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Author: Theresa Tassey, MD, MS
Theresa Tassey is the 2017 Health Policy and Leadership Fellow at the University of Maryland Department of Emergency Medicine.
Higher Costs for some with CDHPs
Consumer Directed Health Plans (CDHPs) are high-deductible health plans created to provide enrollees with more options and to encourage value-based decision-making behavior. CDHPs offer lower premiums and higher deductibles compared to traditional health plans and are often used with a Continue Reading …
Where there is Smoke, is there Fire?
Marijuana has been shown to impair drivers. Studies evaluating motor vehicle crash (MVC) fatality rates in states following the legalization of medical marijuana have had conflicting results. This study examined MVC fatalities in two states, Washington and Colorado, for the Continue Reading …
Health Expenditures to Keep Rising
In 2011, the passed with two primary goals: (1) expanding coverage and (2) bending the cost curve. Exactly how much healthcare savings it will produce is still up for debate and is the subject of a recent analysis published in Continue Reading …
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