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Category: Access to Care
ACA Progress Report: What has changed so far?
The first open enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act closed on March 31, with 8 million Americans enrolled by the deadline. The marketplace re-opens in November, though individuals can register at any time if they lose insurance because of Continue Reading …
Medicaid DSH cuts won’t impact quality
This study provided weak evidence to suggest an association between net Medicaid DSH payments and hospital quality of care. Its results suggest an inelastic response to declining Medicaid DSH payments. Of the 9-quality measures that were created, there showed larger Continue Reading …
Maybe we don’t need the employer mandate
Although written into law in March 2010, the Affordable Care Act’s requirement for employers to provide health insurance has been delayed and modified until 2016. Now some are asking- would we be better off just eliminating the employer mandate altogether? Continue Reading …
Double Jeopardy and the Individual Mandate
Although studies exist that tout the benefits of the individual mandate on health care costs, data is lacking on how it affects costs for traumatically injured patients. The national costs of treating traumatically injured patients from EMS pickup to trauma Continue Reading …
The cost-sharing sweet spot
Value-based insurance designs (VBID) provide cost incentives to encourage individuals to utilize certain highly effective medications in order to cut costs while improving quality and health outcomes. While this has mostly been done in the private market, less is known Continue Reading …
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