Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Category: Affordability & Delivery System
Itemized Deduction for Medical Expenses
Americans that spend high proportions of their income on medical expenses are entitled to deduct those above 7.5 percent of income from personal taxes. The savings amount to nearly $1,000 off the cost of medical care per person. The itemized Continue Reading …
International Health System Design
Each nation has a uniquely tailored health care system. The Commonwealth Fund’s annual health policy survey provides insights about how the United States compares to the rest of the world’s industrialized democracies. This 2010 Commonwealth Fund health policy survey was Continue Reading …
Reforming Reimbursement
Many provisions in the Affordable Care Act make minor tweaks to the payment strategy for physicians accepting Medicare. A survey of doctors predicts which options are most likely to be successful. National health expenditures amounted to $2.3 trillion dollars in Continue Reading …
A Policy Prescription for 2011
Our blueprint for structuring a multi-payer universal health care system in the United States begins with crafting solutions to age-old problems: defining basic benefits, fixing medical malpractice, and redesigning physician payment. Throughout the past two years, Policy Prescriptions has reviewed Continue Reading …
Risk Equalization Schemes
Health insurance is designed to pool risk among individuals. Profit-seeking health insurers attempt to limit their risk by selecting healthier consumers. To counter this behavior, many nations have implemented risk equalization schemes. A recent article in the journal Health Policy Continue Reading …