Author Frequently asked questions. 528 items Posts pagination Newer 1 … 42 43 44 45 46 … 53 Older New KFF polling on Medicare-for-all versus a public option September 12, 2019 By Ashley Kirzinger, Audrey Kearney, and Mollyann Brodie Kaiser Family Foundation, September 12, 2019 Majorities of Democrats and Independents favor Medicare-for-all and public option, most Republicans oppose either proposal Do you favor or oppose having a national health plan, sometimes called Medicare-for-all? Democrats 51% – Strongly favor 26% – Somewhat favor 11% – Somewhat oppose […] Quote of the Day The Harkness Fellows on the paradoxes of US health care September 11, 2019 By Angèle Malâtre-Lansac Health Affairs Blog, August 28, 2019 Editor’s Note: In addition to Angèle Malâtre-Lansac, this post was conceived of and written by the 2018-2019 Harkness Fellows on health care policy and practice listed at end of this post. Each year, the Commonwealth Fund selects an international cohort of Harkness Fellows in health care […] Quote of the Day Overlapping payment models: Who gets paid? September 10, 2019 By Tara Bannow Modern Healthcare, September 7, 2019 The problem of overlap in the CMS’ various payment initiatives, including ACOs and bundled-payment programs, can introduce confusion and frustration when it comes to determining which program gets credit for those patients’ care. The CMS wants to avoid double-rewarding for savings on an individual patient’s care, such […] Quote of the Day Do we really need more policy research before implementing health justice for all? September 10, 2019 By Austin Frakt The New York Times, September 9, 2019 Rigorous evaluations of health policy are exceedingly rare. The United States spends a tremendous amount on health care, but very little of it learning which health policies work and which don’t. Evaluations of health policy have rarely been as rigorous as clinical trials. A small […] Quote of the Day Medical bankruptcy is an American scandal — no debate September 6, 2019 By Michael Hiltzik Los Angeles Times, September 4, 2019 You’ve got to hand it to Sen. Bernie Sanders for his ability to keep hot-button issues in the forefront of the presidential race. The latest example is his assertion, made at least twice in the last month, that medical bills drive 500,000 Americans into bankruptcy every […] Quote of the Day The fallacy of expanding ACA and adding a public option September 5, 2019 By Munira Z. Gunja and Sara R. Collins The Commonwealth Fund, August 28, 2019 In 2018, an estimated 30.4 million people were uninsured, up from a low of 28.6 million in 2016. Coverage gains have stalled in most states and have even eroded in some. In addition, more people have reported problems getting health care […] Quote of the Day The role of hospitals in high prices and administrative excesses September 4, 2019 By Elisabeth Rosenthal The New York Times, September 1, 2019 As voters fume about the high cost of health care, politicians have been targeting two well-deserved villains: pharmaceutical companies, whose prices have risen more than inflation, and insurers, who pay their executives millions in salaries while raising premiums and deductibles. But while the Democratic presidential […] Quote of the Day Ady Barkan: ‘Eyes to the Wind’ September 3, 2019 In nearly every congressional district, voters tell me that their top concern is health care. The high cost, the lack of access, the bureaucratic headaches – I hear these complaints in small towns, big cities, and suburbs from coast to coast. But these complaints, I realize, are symptomatic of a much more profound problem: our […] Quote of the Day Are Americans begging to keep the administrative waste of the private insurers? August 30, 2019 By Uwe Reinhardt, Ph.D. JAMA, June 13, 2017 We can think of the extraordinarily high overhead imposed on insured individuals and patients in the United States as the price they seem to be willing to pay for the privilege of choice among health insurers and, for each insurer, among multiple different insurance products. US consumers […] Quote of the Day Beware! Private Medicare Advantage for All is gaining momentum August 29, 2019 By Ken Janda and Vivian Ho The Hill, August 27, 2019 The recent Democratic debates confirmed that universal access to health care insurance is a core issue for the 2020 election, although it’s difficult keeping up with all the proposals. “Medicare for All” gets the most press, but its cost may be prohibitive, and has […] Quote of the Day Posts pagination Newer 1 … 42 43 44 45 46 … 53 Older
