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The First Policy Prescriptions® Symposium & Contributor Retreat April 5 & 6, 2014 Lancaster Hotel / 701 Texas St, Houston, TX 77002 /(713) 228-9500 /thelancaster.com Saturday, April 5, 2014 12pm Opening Lunch and Networking 2pm Who are we? The history, Continue Reading …
National Health Policy Conference (Additional Perspectives)
These additional observations from the NHPC come from Dr. Loren Robinson. What Will It Really Take to Improve the Nation’s Health? The RWJF Commission to Build a Healthier America The commission’s Mark McCllelan, senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, and Continue Reading …
National Health Policy Conference (Day 2)
The second day of the National Health Policy Conference started bright and early with two simultaneous discussions. I attended one on the interactions between Medicaid and the ACA Marketplaces. Medicaid & the Marketplaces (aka “When Churn Happens”) Arkansas and Iowa Continue Reading …
National Health Policy Conference 2014
If you haven’t been following my Twitter feed (@PolicyRx) you may have missed that I recently traveled to DC for the National Health Policy Conference sponsored by Academy Health. And if you missed the conference itself, don’t worry, I’m writing Continue Reading …
The ACA Coverage Gap & Health Disparities
Lack of access to health insurance has long been recognized as a critical barrier to health care and a key driver of health and health care disparities. While the Affordable Care Act was envisioned as a comprehensive solution to the challenge of uninsurance among impoverished and low-income populations in the United States, variable state-level participation in the ACA’s Medicaid expansion, in the wake of the June 2012 Supreme Court decision, has created the unanticipated reality of a continued insurance gap for many of the most vulnerable. Continue Reading …
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