Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Category: Employer Sponsored Health Insurance (ESHI)
Quality over Quantity: Reforming Payment
A new research report from the RAND Corporation and sponsored by the National Quality Forum offers insight into for medical services. A response to the leading trend among health care payers to pay for quality instead of quantity, the lengthy Continue Reading …
Beyond the Individual Mandate
There are of using an individual mandate for health insurance as a policy lever to promote universal health care in the United States. From a pure policy standpoint, the argument FOR is simple. In order to get rid of “free Continue Reading …
Market Concentration Affects Cost-Shifts
Hospitals have been largely thought to shift costs among public and private payers to offset costs. New research reveals that the ability to conduct such cost-shifting is also related to the competitive nature of a hospital’s community. It is a Continue Reading …
Direct access to OB/GYNs
Many states require direct access to OB/GYN doctors on the theory that it will improve maternal and infant health. However, the current evidence demonstrates that direct access laws do not improve maternal or child health. The advent of managed care Continue Reading …
Health insurance hampers entrepreneurship
Employer-sponsored health insurance (ESHI) is the most common type of health coverage for a majority of Americans. Fifty-nine percent of adults under 65 rely on ESHI; just about one half of all Americans (including the elderly and children) do the Continue Reading …
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