Author Frequently asked questions. 525 items Posts navigation Newer 1 … 17 18 19 20 21 … 53 Older Emergency health care coverage for Covid-19 falls short of promise August 31, 2020 Some patients are still receiving staggering bills. Others don’t qualify because conditions other than Covid-19 were their primary diagnosis. By Abby Goodnough The New York Times, August 29, 2020 A program Mr. Trump announced this spring… “should alleviate any concern uninsured Americans may have about seeking the coronavirus treatment,” Mr. Trump said in April about […] Quote of the Day Factors associated with racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 August 28, 2020 By Jose F. Figueroa, Rishi K. Wadhera, Dennis Lee, Robert W. Yeh, and Benjamin D. Sommers Health Affairs, August 27, 2020 (published ahead of print) Abstract Massachusetts has one of the highest cumulative incidence rates of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in the US. Understanding which specific demographic, economic, and occupational factors have contributed to […] Quote of the Day EPI update on health insurance losses and policy recommendations August 27, 2020 What we know so far about health insurance losses and what it means for policy By Josh Bivens and Ben Zipperer Economic Policy Institute, August 26, 2020 Although the gold-standard data sources tracking changes in health insurance coverage will not be available until next year, imperfect but available data on job churn and net employment […] Quote of the Day About keeping that great union insurance… August 26, 2020 Changes to the guild’s cash-strapped health plan could force thousands of seniors off their coverage in the middle of a pandemic. By Jeremy Fuster Portside, LABOR, August 25, 2020 As a result of pandemic-fueled financial troubles, SAG-AFTRA on August 12 announced significant raises to premiums and minimum earnings requirements that it says are necessary to […] Quote of the Day Private equity acquisition in health care – a blunderbuss August 25, 2020 By Joseph D. Bruch, B.A.; Suhas Gondi, B.A.; Zirui Song, M.D., Ph.D. JAMA Internal Medicine, August 24, 2020 From the Introduction Private equity investment in health care has markedly increased in recent years. The total disclosed value of private equity deals in health care reached $78.9 billion in 2019, up from $23.1 billion in 2015. […] Quote of the Day Partisan differences in acceptability of coronavirus deaths August 24, 2020 By William Cummings USA TODAY, August 23, 2020 Americans view the severity of the coronavirus pandemic and the effectiveness of the government’s response through a very partisan lens, a CBS News/YouGov poll released Sunday found. More than 176,000 people in the U.S. have died from COVID-19. According to the poll, a 57% majority of registered […] Quote of the Day Choice and competition in the insurance marketplace is not an effective alternative to single payer August 21, 2020 By Brian J. Miller Robert E. Moffit Health Affairs Blog, August 20, 2020 The renewed national health care debate represents a conflict of visions of how to create better value: government central planning versus patient-centered, consumer-driven competition. Market-driven approaches based upon defined-contribution financing (premium support), the states as insurance laboratories, and addressing the employer-sponsored insurance […] Quote of the Day ACOs fail their math test August 20, 2020 McKinsey & Company, August 19, 2020 This article is a collaboration by Nikhil R. Sahni, a partner in McKinsey’s Boston office; Rachel Groh, a consultant in the Boston office; David Nuzum, a senior partner in the New York office; and Michael Chernew, a professor at Harvard Medical School and the Chair of Medicare Payment Advisory […] Quote of the Day Crisis in health insurance coverage and its affordability August 19, 2020 By Sara R. Collins, Munira Z. Gunja, and Gabriella N. Aboulafia The Commonwealth Fund, August 19, 2020 The survey began on January 14, 2020 — just before the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States. We interviewed a nationally representative sample of 4,272 adults ages 19 to 64 about their health insurance coverage […] Quote of the Day Bruce Bartlett on the strawman of socialism August 18, 2020 The ideology that Republicans love to hate is woven through the fabric of the country. By Bruce Bartlett The New Republic, August 17, 2020 The essence of the Republican attack is to lie about the nature of socialism, grossly exaggerating its negative excesses while completely ignoring its positive effects. When they are forced to concede […] Quote of the Day Posts navigation Newer 1 … 17 18 19 20 21 … 53 Older