Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Category: Health reform
Medicaid or Placebo. Which would you choose?
New data from the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment has thought leaders in the health policy world dueling over the statistics these past 24 hours. As background, we (Dr. Matthews) previously discussed the premise behind the : “Oregon has recently opened Continue Reading …
Insurance expansion does not pose risk to people already with coverage
Does expanding health insurance result in adverse consequences for those already with coverage? No. The Department of Health and Human Services estimates that the Affordable Care Act has expanded access to preventive services to as many as 71 million people. Continue Reading …
New-Age American Health Care System (Part 3)
In Part 3 of a discussion from the Student National Medical Association (SNMA) Conference in Louisville, KY this past weekend, Bryant Cameron Webb and I discussed changes to Medicaid. The Underserved One of the major elements impacting the care of Continue Reading …
Employer mandates: essential to reform?
Two states currently have employer mandates to provide health care for workers. New data from San Francisco updates the effectiveness of this strategy to insure America. In January 2008, the city of San Francisco implemented the Health Care Security Ordinance. Continue Reading …
Raising the Medicare Age to 67
Changes to Medicare would merely shift costs to the private sector or onto seniors. One solution to nations deficit and debt problems, by reducing entitlement spending, is an increase in Medicare eligibility age. A recent analysis by the CBO found Continue Reading …
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