Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Category: Affordability & Delivery System
What increases access?
Although the Affordable Care Act will grant Medicaid to nearly 17 million new enrollees, new research suggests that supply-side reforms are needed to ensure adequate access to health care for both public and private paying patients. The Patient Protection and Continue Reading …
Despite Wavering Popularity RomneyCare is Working
Governor Mitt Romney’s achievements in Massachusetts have served as the blueprint for national reforms. Despite wavering popularity, it appears that reform has brought better coverage and access to the people of the Bay State. The many similarities between the reforms Continue Reading …
Academic Medicine: Failing When it Comes to Quality
“The most essential part of a student’s instruction is obtained…not in the lecture-room, but at the bedside. Nothing seen there is lost…its unforeseen occurrences stamp themselves indelibly in the memory.” Oliver Wendell Holmes The Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education Continue Reading …
A Policy Prescription for 2012
Two years after the enactment of the Affordable Care Act, opponents and proponents are destined to collide in the Supreme Court. The controversy surrounding health reform, if not decisively determined by the Court, will certainly impact the upcoming elections. The Continue Reading …
Engaging All Payers
Price discrimination in health care means each insurer pays a different amount for the same service. A prominent health policy expert suggests a move to an “all-payer” system as implemented in Germany, Switzerland, and Maryland. United States health care payments Continue Reading …