Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Category: Health reform
Will Value Based Purchasing Work?
The Premier Pay-for-Performance Demonstration project in Medicare shows a tapering trend of quality improvement both for participating and non-participating hospitals. Perhaps secular trends, not P4P, are responsible for this. The National Demonstration Project is a national pay-for-performance program considered to Continue Reading …
Expanding Kids’ Coverage
Public health insurance programs such as Medicaid and CHIP have successfully improved coverage for low-income children and adults. Evidence remains mixed as to the actual health outcomes achieved through these programs. As the time draws near for the complete enactment Continue Reading …
Non-financial barriers to care
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) was developed to help reduce affordability barriers to accessing medical care. With PPACA, the increase in affordability of insurance and the number of individuals covered will eliminate some, if not all, financial Continue Reading …
Tho’ you may not drive a great big Cadillac
Currently, employer-sponsored health insurance is treated as a tax free benefit. While this encourages employers and employees to obtain coverage, it is a limitless subsidy. The Cadillac Tax would cap this subsidy in coming years. Beginning January 1st, 2018, the Continue Reading …
Everyone Enters the Health Care Market
Next week, the Supreme Court will begin deliberation as to whether or not citizens of the United States can be required to purchase health insurance. If constitutional, health care will no longer be voluntary but a duty of citizenship. With Continue Reading …
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