Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Nobody Likes Surprises
A surprise medical bill is a bill a patient receives from an out-of-network provider after seeking care at a facility considered ‘in-network’ by their health insurance plan. In many cases, patients are unaware they are receiving care from an out-of-network Continue Reading …
Fighting against LGBT Discrimination
To promote health for all, providers must advocate against discriminatory legislation like “bathroom bills” that limit transgender individual’s access to public accommodations. In the last year, 16 states debated these bills, while 14 proposed policies limiting transgender students’ rights at Continue Reading …
Narrow Networks: One Size Doesn’t Fit All
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) established health insurance marketplaces in which insurers offered both broad and narrow network plans in order to provide a variety of options for beneficiaries. Narrow network plans provided lower premiums and allowed for better care Continue Reading …
Unlearn What You Have Learned
The history of employer sponsored health insurance (ESI) is long and colorful. Given the chance, it is a story we would rewrite. Removed of our hindsight, might we actually arrive with a better health care financing system? Few would argue Continue Reading …
Justifying the Charge Master
The price of health care in America is a complex and controversial topic. Many agree that we pay too much for the health care we receive but there is little agreement on what exactly should be done about it. A Continue Reading …
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