Author Frequently asked questions. 528 items Posts pagination Newer 1 … 22 23 24 25 26 … 53 Older Resistance to admitting failure of alternative payment models June 25, 2020 By Amol S. Navathe, M.D., Ph.D.; Connor W. Boyle, B.A.; Ezekiel J. Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D. JAMA, June 22, 2020 The US health care system requires major changes to make health care more affordable and higher quality. In the decade since passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), alternative payment models have become […] Quote of the Day Health care is drowning in transparent neoliberalism June 24, 2020 By John E. McDonough The Milbank Quarterly, June 24, 2020 For some years I’ve pondered a Commonwealth Fund chart showing the growth in gross domestic product (GDP) for health care comparing the United States with 10 other high income nations, starting in 1980 and ending in 2018. It shows that 40 years ago, US spending […] Quote of the Day Americans want the option of a government-regulated and -subsidized health plan June 23, 2020 Commonwealth Fund Health Care Poll: COVID-19, May–June 2020 By Sara R. Collins, Munira Z. Gunja, Gabriella N. Aboulafia, Erin Czyzewicz, Christian H. Kline, Robyn Rapoport, and Sarah Glancey The Commonwealth Fund, June 23, 2020 What do Americans think of providing people who have employer coverage with a new option to buy insurance on their own? […] Quote of the Day Hannity’s downplaying of COVID-19 threat increased deaths June 22, 2020 By Leonardo Bursztyn, Aakaash Rao, Christopher P. Roth, David H. Yanagizawa-Drott National Bureau of Economic Research, June 2020 Abstract We study the effects of COVID-19 coverage early in the pandemic by the two most widely-viewed cable news shows in the United States – Hannity and Tucker Carlson Tonight, both on Fox News – on downstream […] Quote of the Day Let’s take money transactions out of the health care delivery setting June 19, 2020 By Douglas Barthold, Anirban Basu Health Affairs Blog, June 18, 2020 High-deductible health plans (HDHPs) covered more than 30 percent of enrollees in employer-sponsored plans in the United States in 2019, up from 4 percent in 2006. The growth of HDHPs is driven by the pursuit of reduced health care spending and premiums for both […] Quote of the Day Himmelstein and Himmelstein on capital investments and socioeconomic and racial inequities June 18, 2020 By Gracie Himmelstein, M.A., Kathryn EW Himmelstein, M.S.Ed., M.D. International Journal of Health Services, In Press (Posted June 18, 2020) Abstract Racial inequities in health outcomes are widely acknowledged. This study seeks to determine whether hospitals serving people of color in the United States have lesser physical assets than other hospitals. With data on 4,476 […] Quote of the Day What will be the legacy of Barbara Starfield? June 17, 2020 By James M. Perrin The Milbank Quarterly, June 2020 Barbara Starfield built the field of primary care research and galvanized research and policy documenting the central importance of primary care in health and health care delivery. Her work spanned decades, showing how primary care improves population health and lowers health care expenditures. It guided many […] Quote of the Day MedPAC recognizes system is not working but wants to go further down same path June 16, 2020 Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), June 2020 As part of its mandate from the Congress, each June the Commission reports on refinements to Medicare payment systems and issues affecting the Medicare program, including broader changes in health care delivery and the market for health care services. Realizing the promise of value-based payment in Medicare: An […] Quote of the Day V. Fuchs: We may now have the dynamic for political change in health reform June 15, 2020 By Victor R. Fuchs, Ph.D. JAMA, June 12, 2020 To simply return to the prepandemic health care system during a presidential election year would be a mistake. This is a time to think more boldly about the future of the US health care system. The health care system is dysfunctional for many individuals in the […] Quote of the Day COVID-19 crisis comes with financial toxicity June 12, 2020 By Adam W. Gaffney MD, MPH, Laura Hawks MD, David H. Bor MD, Steffie Woolhandler MD, MPH, David U. Himmelstein MD & Danny McCormick MD Journal of General Internal Medicine, June 10, 2020 We analyzed a nationally representative survey to identify individuals at elevated risk for severe COVID-19 and, among these, those at high risk […] Quote of the Day Posts pagination Newer 1 … 22 23 24 25 26 … 53 Older
