July 2017 - Health Affairs - The Network of Care

ACA Round-Up: CMS Approves Alaska 1332 Reinsurance Waiver, Ceases Premium Outlier Reviews

On July 11, 2017, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced that the Departments of Health and Human Services and Treasury have approved Alaska’s application for a 1332 state innovation waiver for its reinsurance program. ( fact sheet Read...

Published Wed, Jul 12 2017 10:53 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Marketplace premiums, reinsurance, 1332 waivers, risk corridor payments, Alaska

Senate GOP Leadership Unveils Latest Version Of Health Reform Legislation

On July 13, 2017, Senate Republican leadership released the latest version of the Better Care Reconciliation Act (summary of entire bill, including new amendment here ) This post will address the private insurance sections of the amendment. A subsequent...

Published Thu, Jul 13 2017 5:20 PM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Medicaid and CHIP, Abortion, health savings accounts, continuous coverage requirements, association health plans, Cruz Amendment, catastrophic plans, state stability funds

Are Section 1115 Waivers A Panacea For Draconian Medicaid Funding Reductions?

From a structural perspective, what makes the pending Medicaid legislation so extraordinary is that, without changing any of the program’s fundamental contours, both the House and Senate bills would simply superimpose arbitrary spending caps onto the...

Published Mon, Jul 17 2017 2:45 PM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Medicaid and CHIP, Section 1115 Waivers

The Obamacare Repeal Reconciliation Act: What Repeal And Delay Would Mean For Coverage, Premiums, And The Budget

Late in the day on July 19, 2017, the Senate released the Obamacare Repeal Reconciliation Act (ORRA) of 2017 ( summary ). The bill would repeal the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) coverage provisions, but delay the repeal of the coverage provisions until...

Published Wed, Jul 19 2017 6:37 PM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, ACA repeal and replace

The Latest CBO Score Of The Better Care Reconciliation Act Leaves 22 Million Uninsured by 2026

On July 20, 2017, the Senate Budget committee released the latest version of the Better Care Reconciliation Act ( summary ), which was sent to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) for scoring. It is basically identical to the second BCRA draft posted...

Published Thu, Jul 20 2017 12:27 PM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, ACA repeal and replace, BCRA

Medicaid Expansion Reduced Unpaid Medical Debt And Increased Financial Satisfaction

As federal lawmakers continue to debate whether to repeal, and perhaps eventually replace, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), it is clear that Republican health care proposals would significantly scale back a key feature of the ACA: allowing states to expand...

Published Mon, Jul 24 2017 6:49 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Medicaid and CHIP, medicaid expansion states, medical debt

IRS Finalizes Premium Tax Credit Rules Virtually Unchanged

On July 24, 2017, the Internal Revenue Service finalized proposed and temporary regulations governing Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium tax credits that had been issued in July of 2014 . Except for one minor technical change, the 2014 proposed and temporary...

Published Tue, Jul 25 2017 7:10 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage

What US Budget Cuts To Global Health Could Mean For Future Funding

On May 23, 2017, President Donald Trump released his FY 2018 budget request to Congress that includes approximately $2.5 billion in cuts to global health . These cuts had been foreshadowed in the administration’s earlier “ Budget Blueprint ,” which sought...

Published Wed, Jul 26 2017 9:27 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Featured, Costs and Spending, Global Health Policy, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, development assistance for health

US Drug Prices And R&D, Take 2: A Reply To Grabowski And Manning, And To Light

Recently we (along with Zachary Helms) published a Health Affairs Blog post refuting the pharmaceutical industry argument that the higher prices the industry charges in the US are justified because they are necessary to support research and development...

Published Thu, Jul 27 2017 9:53 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Costs and Spending, Drugs and Medical Innovation, prescription drug prices, Pharmaceutical R&D

Physician Workforce Trends And Their Implications For Spending Growth

Controlling the growth rate of health care spending is central to the success of the Affordable Care Act or any subsequent reform. Because labor represents more than 50 percent of health care costs and the clinical workforce drives use and prices, the...

Published Fri, Jul 28 2017 8:19 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Primary Care, Featured, Organization and Delivery, Costs and Spending, Health Professionals, nurse practitioners, physician’s assistants

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