Author Frequently asked questions. 531 items Posts pagination Newer 1 … 12 13 14 15 16 … 54 Older Patients delay care because of ‘liquidity sensitivity’ (i.e., no money in their pockets) November 18, 2020 By Tal Gross, Timothy Layton & Daniel Prinz National Bureau of Economic Research, October 2020 Abstract Some consumers lack the cash needed to pay for medical care. As a result, they either delay care until they can pay for it or they forgo the care altogether. To test for such a possibility, we study the […] Quote of the Day Employer-sponsored defined contribution health benefits are here! November 17, 2020 Willis Towers Watson, November 16, 2020 Individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements (ICHRAs), a new employer-sponsored health care benefit program for active employees that became available this year, are drawing the attention of U.S. employers, particularly wholesale and retail employers and those in education and the public sector. This is according to new research by Willis […] Quote of the Day GAO: Private health insurance markets are increasingly concentrated November 16, 2020 GAO, November 2020 What GAO Found Enrollment in private health insurance plans in the individual (coverage sold directly to individuals), small group (coverage offered by small employers), and large group (coverage offered by large employers) markets has historically been highly concentrated among a small number of issuers. GAO found that this pattern continued in 2017 […] Quote of the Day 112 co-sponsors of Medicare for All were on the ballot and all won November 13, 2020 By Christina Zhao Newsweek, November 10, 2020 Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, a possible Labor secretary candidate in President-elect Joe Biden’s administration, on Tuesday said public support for the Green New Deal and Medicare for All was won at the polls. Sanders—who ran off the promise of universal health care and policies to combat climate […] Quote of the Day Other nations get health care prices right November 12, 2020 By Michael K. Gusmano, Miriam Laugesen, Victor G. Rodwin, and Lawrence D. Brown Health Affairs, November 2020 Abstract Although the US has the highest health care prices in the world, the specific mechanisms commonly used by other countries to set and update prices are often overlooked, with a tendency to favor strategies such as reducing […] Quote of the Day Does a public option bring down costs for patients? But which patients? November 11, 2020 Healio, November 10, 2020 POINT by Benjamin Sommers, M.D., Ph.D. Yes. A public option can improve health care affordability with continued private insurance and better access to quality providers, but only if the design is set up in a way that provides more financial protection upfront. You could also push private insurers to do this, […] Quote of the Day HDHPs and HSAs are drivers of institutional racism November 10, 2020 By Jacqueline Ellison, Paul Shafer, and Megan B. Cole Health Affairs, November 2020 Abstract With the rise in the share of privately insured patients covered by high-deductible health plans (HDHPs), understanding sociodemographic trends in the uptake of health savings accounts (HSAs) is increasingly important, as HSAs may help offset the higher up-front costs of care […] Quote of the Day AOC refutes centrists who blame M4A progressives for suppressing the blue tide November 9, 2020 The same cannot be said for those more centrist lawmakers who continue to defend the nation’s increasingly unpopular for-profit healthcare system. By Jon Queally Common Dreams, November 7, 2020 Highlighting an interesting—and to many, instructive—electoral trend that others have spotted in the days since 2020 voting ended earlier this week, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Saturday—just […] Quote of the Day An anti-racist approach to medical care November 6, 2020 By Rupinder K. Legha, David R. Williams, Lonnie Snowden, and Jeanne Miranda Health Affairs Blog, November 4, 2020 The coronavirus pandemic has exposed the racist structures, policies, and ideologies that are killing Black lives with impunity. Then on May 25th, 2020, a police officer charged with protecting the community instead exerted the weight of his […] Quote of the Day Sandro Galea’s wake-up call November 5, 2020 The New York Times, November 5, 2020 https://www.nytimes.com… Learning From November 3: A Wake-Up Call for Public Health By Sandro Galea, M.D., M.P.H., Dr.P.H. Milbank Quarterly, November 4, 2020 This was supposed to be an election about health. For the first three years of his presidency, Donald Trump presided over what appeared to be a […] Quote of the Day Posts pagination Newer 1 … 12 13 14 15 16 … 54 Older
