Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Category: Health reform
Is sex safer?
Emergency contraception (EC) is a safe, moderately effective option to prevent an unintended pregnancy. It is one of the FDA-approved, family planning options that health insurance plans are required to cover without any copayment through the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Continue Reading …
Is non-expansion a death sentence?
The journey to health care reform has surely been a long one, but for all of the twists and turns, the road to the may culminate in an unanticipated dead-end. Now that we have established health insurance exchanges and expanded Continue Reading …
Decision 2014
The 2014 midterm Elections will be held on Tuesday, November 4th, 2014. This may be news to many. Only 52% of the public state that they are paying attention to the election and if previous midterms are any indication fewer Continue Reading …
ACA 2014 Update
Drs. Seth Treuger and Matt Pirotte recorded an update on the Affordable Care Act provisions and what medical students should know. I suppose that means that doctors should know that too. Please listen.
Bundled payment experiment fails
As stakeholders implement the Affordable Care Act (ACA), innovative payment models are developing faster than practical applications. Bundled payments, defined as “a fixed payment that covers the average cost of a bundle of services” are the latest fad touted as Continue Reading …