Author Frequently asked questions. 534 items Posts pagination Newer 1 … 10 11 12 13 14 … 54 Older Lower socioeconomic status results in poorer quality insurance choices December 22, 2020 By Benjamin R. Handel, Jonathan T. Kolstad, Thomas Minten, and Johannes Spinnewijn National Bureau of Economic Research, September 2020 Abstract Market provision of impure public goods such as insurance retirement savings and education is common and growing as policy makers seek to offer more choice and gain efficiencies. This approach induces an important trade-off between […] Quote of the Day Let’s eliminate the actual cause of surprise medical bills December 21, 2020 By Sarah Kliff and Margot Sanger-Katz The New York Times, December 20, 2020 After years of being stymied by well-funded interests, Congress has agreed to ban one of the most costly and exasperating practices in medicine: surprise medical bills. Surprise bills happen when an out-of-network provider is unexpectedly involved in a patient’s care. Patients go […] Quote of the Day Rutledge further demonstrates need for ERISA reform December 18, 2020 U.S. Department of Labor The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) is a federal law that sets minimum standards for most voluntarily established retirement and health plans in private industry to provide protection for individuals in these plans. https://www.dol.gov… Restoring The Preemption Status Quo: Rutledge, ERISA, And State Health Policy Efforts By Carmel […] Quote of the Day So how much do you really spend on health care? December 17, 2020 By Anne B. Martin, Micah Hartman, David Lassman, Aaron Catlin Health Affairs, December 16, 2020 Abstract US health care spending increased 4.6 percent to reach $3.8 trillion in 2019, similar to the rate of growth of 4.7 percent in 2018. The share of the economy devoted to health care spending was 17.7 percent in 2019 […] Quote of the Day Wharton Professor Robert Hughes advocates for universal health care December 16, 2020 Interview of Robert Hughes, professor of business ethics and legal studies at Wharton The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Knowledge@Wharton, December 8, 2020 Nothing quite exposes the inequalities that exist in American society more than the health care system. It’s a complex combination of private insurance, public programs and politics that drives up […] Quote of the Day United States once again in 11th place out of 11 December 15, 2020 By Michelle M. Doty, Roosa Tikkanen, Molly FitzGerald, Katharine Fields, and Reginald D. Williams II The Commonwealth Fund, December 9, 2020 The Issue As COVID-19 continues to ravage the globe, the United States faces renewed scrutiny for the stark disparities in health and economic impacts experienced by people with lower incomes and by Black and […] Quote of the Day If you chose your health plan, you may well have the wrong one December 14, 2020 Most Americans make poor choices. So do most professional insurance brokers, a new study finds. By Margot Sanger-Katz The New York Times, December 11, 2020 When Paul Krugman, the Nobel-winning economist and a New York Times columnist, started a teaching job at the City University of New York, he had a choice between one union […] Quote of the Day CBO’s methods of analyzing single payer Medicare for All December 11, 2020 By CBO’s Single-Payer Health Care Systems Team Congressional Budget Office, December 2020 Abstract In this paper, CBO describes the methods it has developed to analyze the federal budgetary costs of proposals for single-payer health care systems that are based on the Medicare fee-for-service program. Five illustrative options show how differences in payment rates, cost sharing, […] Quote of the Day Stuart Butler’s proposal for an equitable national health system December 10, 2020 By Stuart M. Butler Brookings, December 9, 2020 SUMMARY The American health system is rife with gaps and inequities. The result is inadequate or no insurance and services for millions of families and unacceptable differences in resources and health conditions related to income, race, and location. Resources are misallocated, the health care infrastructure in many […] Quote of the Day American Hospital Association on commercial health plan abuses December 9, 2020 American Hospital Association, December 2020 Introduction Health care coverage has never been more important as the nation battles the COVID-19 pandemic – now and for the foreseeable future. Two-thirds of the population relies on the private sector for health insurance coverage and thus access to health care. While private health insurance coverage has long served […] Quote of the Day Posts pagination Newer 1 … 10 11 12 13 14 … 54 Older
