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Medicaid Saves Lives
Despite concern by some analysts that Medicaid is worse than no health care at all, the Oregon Health Study and others, including this one, suggest that Medicaid improves access to care and might even have a mortality benefit. For individuals Continue Reading …
All Things Health Care [Anecdotes]
This post originally appears on the All Things Health Care blog by Loan Nguyen Pryor. Used with permission. President Obama will be our Commander in Chief for four more years! This means that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is here Continue Reading …
Converting financial incentives into quality
Pay-for-performance in health care seeks to correct the unconscionably low level of quality provided to some patients. In practice, achieving quality through financial incentives continues to prove a difficult endeavor. Pay-for-performance (P4P) in healthcare emerged as a result of two Continue Reading …
Transforming Medicare via Premium Support
Tomorrow’s election promises two starkly different views on Medicare reform. The Republican option, premium support, might reduce costs to the federal treasury at the expense of the majority of senior citizens. As an example for reforming the current Medicare program, Continue Reading …
How do we Solve a Problem like Health Care Reform?
“Everyone can agree on the goal of health care reform: ensuring affordable access to high-quality care for all Americans. The question is how.” Can you guess which Presidential candidate made this statement? You might be surprised to find out that Continue Reading …