September 2017 - Health Affairs - The Network of Care

Unpacking The Sanders Medicare-For-All Bill

On September 13, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT)—with 16 Democratic cosponsors—released the Medicare-For-All Act of 2017 , intended to transition the American health care system to a single-payer system. In addition to the bill text, Senator...

Published Thu, Sep 14 2017 8:11 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Featured, Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, single payer, Bernie Sanders

Private Employers Should Demand And Share Evidence From Payment Reforms

Employers want to know whether payment reforms are an effective strategy for containing costs and increasing the value of the health care they purchase. There is a dearth of evidence on the impact of payment reforms within employer health plans , and...

Published Fri, Sep 15 2017 5:33 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Employer-Sponsored Insurance, Featured, Payment Policy, Costs and Spending, employer-sponsored coverage

What We Talk About When We Talk About Single Payer

There appears to be growing momentum on the left for a move toward single-payer health care. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) declared that while President Barack Obama took an important first step, “Now it’s time for the next step. And the next step is single...

Published Tue, Sep 19 2017 7:45 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Payment Policy, Insurance and Coverage, Organization and Delivery, Costs and Spending, single-payer health care

ACA Round-Up: Bipartisan Market Stabilization Efforts Stall; Iowa 1332 Waiver Application Advances; And More

On September 19, 2017, Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pension (HELP) Committee, announced that after two weeks of bipartisan hearings on individual market stabilization, Republicans and Democrats “have...

Published Wed, Sep 20 2017 10:40 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Medicaid and CHIP, 1332 waivers, ACA repeal and replace, market stabilization, health plan star ratings, Iowa, Graham-Cassidy

The Graham-Cassidy Plan: Sweeping Changes In A Compressed Time Frame

Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) have proposed a new plan for rolling back key provisions of the Affordable Care (ACA). It is possible that the Senate will vote on this plan in the coming days. The plan has many similarities to the...

Published Fri, Sep 22 2017 10:21 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Featured, Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, Medicaid and CHIP, Bill Cassidy, ACA repeal and replace, preexisting conditions, block grants, state waivers, Lindsey Grahm

Graham-Cassidy Continues Efforts To Bar Private Insurance Coverage of Abortion

Across all of the major House and Senate Republican proposals in 2017 to repeal and replace major portions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), one thing that has been consistent is their inclusion of language barring federal money from being used to support...

Published Mon, Sep 25 2017 9:06 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, abortion coverage, Graham-Cassidy

Fighting For Breath: Access To Oxygen Therapy Should Not Be A Matter Of Location Or Luck

In June, the World Health Organization (WHO) updated its Model List of Essential Medicines and List of Essential Medicines for Children to include an additional indication for oxygen therapy, specifying that it should be used to treat patients with dangerously...

Published Tue, Sep 26 2017 8:01 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, World Health Organization, health equity, oxygen therapy, United4Oxygen, PATH, hypoxemia, Model List of Essential Medicines

De-Medicalizing Death

There’s been an unexpected, and excellent, consequence to California’s new medical aid-in-dying law. For many terminally ill patients, immersion in the process of securing lethal drugs ultimately renders them unnecessary. How did this come about? Passed...

Published Thu, Sep 28 2017 6:50 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Palliative Care, California, End of Life & Serious Illness, medical aid in dying, intensive care unit, End of Life Option Act, critical care

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