Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Category: Access to Care
The Doctor will see you Now (For $160)
Although the Affordable Care Act sought to expand health insurance to near universal levels, this has not occurred. In the Supreme Court case National Federation of Independent Business v Sebelius, the court ruled Medicaid expansion to be optional. Subsequently, 20 Continue Reading …
The Dynamics of Health Insurance Post-ACA
We know that the number of uninsured in the United States has decreased significantly (by 16.9 million) since the Affordable Care Act (ACA), but how are people moving between different types of insurance coverage? Despite intense focus on Medicaid expansion Continue Reading …
The First Five Years of the ACA in Review
The (ACA) turned five in March of this year and the authors of this Health Policy Report in The New England Journal of Medicine describe the milestones that the law has reached so far: Since the implementation of the ACA, Continue Reading …
Elderly and Poor with Limited Options
The 2013 , which was intended to provide long term care insurance to millions of participating Americans, means that affordable financing of long term care insurance remains out of reach for many. Currently, the bulk of nursing home care is Continue Reading …
Should We Subsidize the Sick?
The projected savings from the are not solely from the health care exchanges: a large portion of savings stem from re-allocating medical resources towards the sickest patient populations. By improving the health of the sickest patients with high levels of Continue Reading …