Author Frequently asked questions. 528 items Posts pagination Newer 1 … 14 15 16 17 18 … 53 Older What tradeoffs warrant rejection of the single payer model? October 16, 2020 By David M. Cutler Health Affairs Blog, October 2, 2020 This post explores the possibility of saving money by reducing the administrative costs of health care. Reducing administrative costs is attractive for several reasons. Administrative costs are high, perhaps a quarter of health spending, so reductions in administrative costs could yield a good deal of […] Quote of the Day Price transparency is another diversion from much needed reform October 15, 2020 By Harris Meyer Health Affairs Blog, October 13, 2020 Last month’s Rand Corporation report on the prices paid for inpatient and outpatient services to more than 3,000 US hospitals in 49 states is the latest salvo in an escalating battle to reduce health care spending through transparent pricing and greater market competition. But stakeholders, including […] Quote of the Day Verma says value-based care provides a ‘very poor return in investment’ October 14, 2020 By Robert King Fierce Healthcare, October 13, 2020 Seema Verma, the head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), said that some value-based care payment models did not generate enough savings and quality outcomes. Her remarks Tuesday during HLTH’s virtual conference come a few weeks after other Trump administration officials reported mixed results […] Quote of the Day CMS: Enrollment in unsubsidized ACA plans declined by 45% October 13, 2020 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, October 9, 2020 Introduction This report provides data on enrollment trends for people who purchased on- and off-Exchange individual market health insurance plans, both with and without federal advanced premium tax credit (APTC) subsidies. These data are based on an analysis of individual market plans that participated in the […] Quote of the Day Three years of declining health coverage for children October 12, 2020 By Joan Alker, Alexandra Corcoran Georgetown University, Health Policy Institute, Center for Children and Families, October 8, 2020 Introduction For many years, the United States was on a positive trajectory in reducing the number and rate of uninsured children; in 2016, the nation attained a historic low of 3.6 million uninsured children. This progress occurred […] Quote of the Day China helps the world; we hardly help ourselves October 9, 2020 The vaccine partnership would help ensure equitable access to a COVID-19 vaccine—including in the United States—but Trump won’t participate. By Eric A. Friedman, Lawrence O. Gostin, Matthew M. Kavanaugh, John T. Monahan, Harold Hongju Koh Foreign Policy, September 15, 2020 In one of its latest strikes against global solidarity in the midst of the COVID-19 […] Quote of the Day NEJM: Dying in a Leadership Vacuum October 8, 2020 By The Editors The New England Journal of Medicine, October 8, 2020 Covid-19 has created a crisis throughout the world. This crisis has produced a test of leadership. With no good options to combat a novel pathogen, countries were forced to make hard choices about how to respond. Here in the United States, our leaders […] Quote of the Day CBO: Achieving near-universal coverage October 7, 2020 Congress of the United States, Congressional Budget Office, October 2020 In this report, CBO describes the key features—specifically, the enrollment process, premiums, cost sharing and benefits, and the role of private insurance, public programs, and employment-based insurance—of four general approaches that could achieve near-universal coverage by using premium subsidies and different forms of automatic coverage […] Quote of the Day Support for a single national health program is increasing October 6, 2020 By Bradley Jones Pew Research Center, September 29, 2020 A majority of Americans continue to say the federal government has a responsibility to make sure all Americans have health care coverage. And since last year, there has been an increase – especially among Democrats – in the share saying health insurance should be provided by […] Quote of the Day Pope Francis: A better kind of politics October 5, 2020 Encyclical Letter of the Holy Father, Francis Chapter Five: A Better Kind of Politics 168. The marketplace, by itself, cannot resolve every problem, however much we are asked to believe this dogma of neoliberal faith. Whatever the challenge, this impoverished and repetitive school of thought always offers the same recipes. Neoliberalism simply reproduces itself by […] Quote of the Day Posts pagination Newer 1 … 14 15 16 17 18 … 53 Older
