Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Category: Medicare
Why pay more?
The United States spends more on physician services than other countries. New research suggests that consumers pay a premium for US physicians. So are US doctors the Coca-Cola and Louis Vuitton of the health care world? Why does health care 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 …
Primary Care’s Impact on Outcomes
Expanding the primary care workforce is viewed as a solution to the health needs of Americans. However, current research suggests that more nuanced metrics are necessary to reveal the ideal physician-to-population ratio. While expanding the primary care physician (PCP) workforce Continue Reading …
Paul Ryan’s Medicare Plan
Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) plan for Medicare would save costs to the federal government at the expense of senior citizens by fundamentally restructuring this defined benefit entitlement to a defined contribution. Is it good or bad? Ask the voters. You know Continue Reading …
A Policy Prescription for 2011
Our blueprint for structuring a multi-payer universal health care system in the United States begins with crafting solutions to age-old problems: defining basic benefits, fixing medical malpractice, and redesigning physician payment. Throughout the past two years, Policy Prescriptions has reviewed Continue Reading …