January 2013 - Health Affairs - The Network of Care

Individual And Group Coverage Under The ACA: More Patches To The Federal-State Crazy Quilt

Throughout the 2012 Presidential campaign, Republican contenders criticized the Affordable Care Act (ACA) as a “federal take-over of health care” for its promotion of national uniformity in health coverage and access. Yet long before passage, the architects...

Published Thu, Jan 17 2013 12:02 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Policy, Insurance, States, Employer-Sponsored Insurance, Coverage

Not Even Discussed In Private Rooms: Childhood Sexual Abuse and Abuse Survivors

There is a health crisis in this country (as well as worldwide) that adversely affects one-fifth of the US population. Consequences of this crisis manifest in a wide variety of serious disease conditions. Physically it can exhibit as cancer and/or as...

Published Wed, Jan 30 2013 11:11 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Public Health, Policy, Health Care Costs, Health Law, Children, Mental Health, Research

Implementing Health Reform: Health Reimbursement Arrangements And More

The months of November and December of 2012 and January of 2013 have been a very busy season in the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. The Departments of Health and Human Services, Treasury, and Labor have released a series of proposed rules dealing...

Published Fri, Jan 25 2013 1:09 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Policy, Insurance, Employer-Sponsored Insurance

Antibiotics: When Science And Wishful Thinking Collide

Antibiotic resistance is a major concern confronting our health care system, and there is tremendous pressure on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to “do something” about it. Unfortunately, the FDA is responding by approving drugs that are likely...

Published Fri, Jan 25 2013 12:06 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Public Health, Consumers, Policy, Pharma, Global Health, Patient Safety, Effectiveness

On Workplace Wellness, Don’t Throw The Baby Out With The Bath Water: A Reply To Lewis And Khanna

This commentary is in response to a January 16, 2013 Health Affairs Blog post entitled “ Is It Time to Re-Examine Workplace Wellness ‘Get Well Quick’ Schemes? " by Al Lewis and Vik Khanna. After the initial blog appeared, my email box was filled...

Published Tue, Jan 29 2013 11:39 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Nonmedical Determinants, Public Health, Prevention, Policy, Health Care Costs, Employer-Sponsored Insurance, Research

Implementing Health Reform: Shared Responsibility Tax Exemptions And Family Coverage Affordability

On January 30, 2013, the Departments of Treasury and Health and Human Services issued what I believe may be the last major set of proposed rules necessary to implement that 2014 Affordable Care Act reforms. The proposed rules define who is exempt from...

Published Thu, Jan 31 2013 8:54 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Policy, Insurance, States, Employer-Sponsored Insurance, Medicaid

New Approaches To Learning In The Learning Healthcare System

A goal of Twenty-First Century Healthcare is to establish and enhance the Learning Healthcare System (LHS). As discussed in numerous forums, journals, and social media, the LHS is viewed as critical to improving healthcare. Fundamentally, the LHS converts...

Published Mon, Jan 14 2013 10:51 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Physicians, Health IT, Hospitals, Comparative Effectiveness, Research

Implementing Health Reform: Moving Forward On Exchanges

The surge of Affordable Care Act implementation momentum that ended 2012 seems to be continuing into 2013. The ACA required HHS to determine by January 1, 2013, whether states are on track to have a state-based exchange operational by January 1, 2014...

Published Fri, Jan 04 2013 6:37 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Policy, Insurance, States

Health Care Cost Growth Is Hurting Middle-Class Families

In the September, 2011 issue of Health Affairs , we examined the impact of a decade of health care cost growth on the income of a typical, median-income family of four with employer-sponsored health insurance. To recap, between 1999 and 2009, the middle...

Published Thu, Jan 03 2013 11:12 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Policy, Health Care Costs, Employer-Sponsored Insurance, Spending

The Future Of The Polio Eradication Campaign

The week of December 17 was a grim one for the polio eradication effort in Pakistan. Seven Pakistani women health workers and two Pakistani men, all working to ensure the success of the polio campaign, were killed, presumably by members of the Pakistani...

Published Fri, Jan 11 2013 8:23 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Public Health, Global Health

Post On Lessons Of Sandy Hook Shootings Tops HA Blog December Most-Read List

Arthur Kellermann's post on the tragic shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School was the most-read Health Affairs Blog post for December. Kellermann's post was followed by posts discussing primary care , stakeholder engagement , and bundled payments...

Published Fri, Jan 11 2013 2:00 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Public Health, Payment, Primary Care

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