Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Category: Policy Prescriptions
“The arc of the health care universe is long, but it bends toward universal health coverage”
We need universal coverage that is portable. We need universal coverage that is comprehensive. We need universal coverage that ensures equal access to care. Most importantly, we need you! Continue Reading …
A Policy Prescription for 2018
The controversy over health care reform often boils down to two issues: coverage and cost. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) made significant impact on the coverage issue, dropping the uninsured rate below 10% for the first time in the recorded Continue Reading …
A Policy Prescription for 2017
In the past year, liberal health reformers have seen a backlash against their health reform policies. Single payer reforms failed in Vermont and Colorado. And tales of proposed 25% rate increases in the Affordable Care Act (AMA) Marketplaces may have Continue Reading …
A Policy Prescription for 2016
3. Gun Violence & Mental Health Some would say that the only thing mental health and gun violence have in common is that politicians keep conflating the two issues. To a small degree, that is correct. However, as long as Continue Reading …
A Policy Prescription for 2016
Since the founding of Policy Prescriptions®, I have written an essay on the most important health policy decisions for the year ahead. Last year I suggested a few compromises upon which might be wiling to agree. Despite a lack of Continue Reading …