Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
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 …
Do Not Pass ACO!
The Stark Law prevents physicians from referring patients to facilities where they have an ownership stake. What happens, though, when the investors behind a hospital also own the post acute care facility to which it refers? Is the transition more Continue Reading …
“Un buen comienzo es la mitad del trabajo realizado”
I witnessed a crisis like none other seen in the United States. Destruction of houses, loss of electricity, closure of schools and government facilities. Hospitals flooded, inability to perform emergent surgeries, and a collapse of the primary care system. These Continue Reading …
Where there is Smoke, is there Fire?
Marijuana has been shown to impair drivers. Studies evaluating motor vehicle crash (MVC) fatality rates in states following the legalization of medical marijuana have had conflicting results. This study examined MVC fatalities in two states, Washington and Colorado, for the Continue Reading …
Obamacare Shields from Financial Harm
In 2005, the 194 members of the World Health Organization, including the United States, committed to achieving universal health coverage as a Sustainable Development Goal. To meet the mark, UHC must not only provide equitable access, but also protect people Continue Reading …
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