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Category: Access to Care
Health Reform in Massachusetts – One Year Later
This study examines the effects on insurance status and access to care of the recently implemented health care reforms in Massachusetts. Data from this study comes from random sampling of nearly 3,000 people in the fall preceding implementation and subsequent Continue Reading …
Improvements in Health for Uninsured Adults after obtaining Medicare
This quasi-experimental study of self-reported health status of uninsured near-elderly (55-64 years) adults demonstrated the striking positive effect of achieving Medicare eligibility at age 65. Throughout life there is a natural decline in health status and function, on average, for Continue Reading …
The Future of Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance
Employer-sponsored health insurance, the predominant form of health coverage in the United States, is becoming harder to find.
Medicare’s Pay-for-Performance Experiment
Pay for performance (P4P), a model of rewarding and punishing health care providers based on the quality of care delivered to patients, was recommended by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) in spring 2005.