Author Frequently asked questions. 528 items Posts pagination Newer 1 … 15 16 17 18 19 … 53 Older President Trump could still come to the rescue October 2, 2020 By Jonathan Martin, Maggie Haberman and Matt Stevens The New York Times, October 2, 2020 President Trump’s announcement early Friday that he had contracted the coronavirus upended the presidential race in an instant, inviting significant questions about his cavalier attitude toward the pandemic and the future of his campaign just 32 days before the election. […] Quote of the Day Investors extracting assets from hospitals October 1, 2020 Prospect Medical, which mostly serves low-income patients, has suffered a litany of problems: broken elevators, dirty surgical gear, bedbugs and more. Its owners, including Leonard Green & Partners and Prospect’s CEO, have cashed in. By Peter Elkind with Doris Burke ProPublica, September 30, 2020 In the decade since Leonard Green & Partners, a private equity […] Quote of the Day Reasons for being uninsured September 30, 2020 By Amy E. Cha, Ph.D., M.P.H., and Robin A. Cohen, Ph.D. CDC, National Center for Health Statistics, September 2020 Data from the National Health Interview Survey Key findings In 2019, 14.5% of adults aged 18–64 were uninsured in the United States. Among uninsured adults aged 18–64, the most common reason for being currently uninsured was […] Quote of the Day Competing visions for the future of health policy September 29, 2020 By Matthew Fiedler, Ph.D. The New England Journal of Medicine, September 24, 2020 There is broad agreement that policy changes could improve the U.S. health care system. But that is often where agreement ends, and different policymakers have starkly different visions for how policy should change. While Covid-19 is dominating policy discussions for now, two […] Quote of the Day Fair drug prices through an international price index September 28, 2020 By Marc A. Rodwin Health Affairs Blog, September 24, 2020 The Trump administration and House Democrats share one idea regarding pharmaceutical price controls: They agree that the US should use an international price index that averages prices paid by other countries (mostly European) to cap the US prices. PhRMA has long opposed such policies, recently […] Quote of the Day Trump’s America First Healthcare Plan September 25, 2020 The White House, September 24, 2020 Section 1. Purpose. Since January 20, 2017, my Administration has been committed to the goal of bringing great healthcare to the American people and putting patients first. On December 22, 2017, I signed into law the repeal of the burdensome individual-mandate penalty… Executive Order 13813 of October 12, 2017… […] Quote of the Day J. Gruber: No market-based solutions to cost control September 24, 2020 Interview of Jonathan Gruber by Caroline Miller American Healthcare Journal, September 9, 2020 Caroline Miller: Ten years on, how would you grade the Affordable Care Act? Jonathan Gruber: Before the ACA was in place, people could say, “Well, we’ve got these market-based solutions, and they work,” but they never would. The ACA moved the bar […] Quote of the Day Shutting down urban hospitals of last resort September 23, 2020 By Jordan Rau and Emmarie Huetteman Kaiser Health News, September 17, 2020 While rural hospitals have been closing at a quickening pace over the past two decades, a number of inner-city hospitals now face a similar fate. And experts fear that the economic damage inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic on safety-net hospitals and the ailing […] Quote of the Day Are members of the policy community driven by beneficial policies or by ideology? September 22, 2020 By Katherine Baicker, Ph.D., and Amitabh Chandra, Ph.D. The New England Journal of Medicine, September 16, 2020 Political slogans paint stark choices for health care reform: “Medicare for All” or “Free-Market Competition.” These slogans are designed to be simple and appealing — but vague enough to obscure the trade-offs involved, allowing listeners to fill in […] Quote of the Day Venture capitalists are moving into mental health September 21, 2020 By Ravi N. Shah, M.D., M.B.A.; Obianuju O. Berry, M.D., M.P.H. JAMA Psychiatry, September 16, 2020 (Online first) Mental health care is ripe for innovation. Less than a third of people with mental health disorders receive treatment, and even a smaller proportion receive adequate care. The private sector has taken notice of this economic mismatch […] Quote of the Day Posts pagination Newer 1 … 15 16 17 18 19 … 53 Older
