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The Family Glitch, Other Thorny Children’s Coverage Policy Issues, And The Future Of CHIP
Editor’s note: For more on the topic of children’s health, stay tuned for the December issue of Health Affairs, set to be released next week. Health Affairs ’ recent policy brief on the family glitch highlights one of the key issues affecting how well...
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Implementing Health Reform: 2016 Benefit And Payment Parameters Proposed Rule, Consumer Provisions; Hardship Exemptions
On November 15, 2014, the marketplaces reopened for 2015. Anecdotal reports indicate that in most places enrollment and reenrollment are running smoothly. But the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) of the Department of Health and Human Services...
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Sovaldi, Harvoni, And Why It’s Different This Time
With the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s approval of Harvoni, the successor to Gilead Science’s Sovaldi, the alarm bells have officially rung on breakthrough hepatitis C treatments. One can’t open a newspaper or scan a Twitter feed without stumbling...
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Health Affairs Web First: In 11-Country Survey Of Older Adults, Americans Are Sickest But Have Quickest Access To Specialists
A new survey of the health and care experiences of older adults in eleven different countries, released recently as a Web First by Health Affairs , found that Americans were sicker than their counterparts abroad, with 68 percent of respondents living...
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The Case For Advancing Access To Health Coverage And Care For Immigrant Women And Families
Before the end of the year, the Obama administration is expected to announce that millions of undocumented immigrants will be able to lawfully stay in the United States. The new Congress may also take action on immigration reform legislation. Regardless...
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Challenges For People With Disabilities Within The Health Care Safety Net
Medicare and Medicaid were passed to serve as safety nets for the country’s most vulnerable populations, a point that has been reemphasized by the expansion of the populations they serve, especially with regards to Medicaid. Yet, even after 50 years,...
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New Health Policy Brief: The Family Glitch
A new health policy brief from Health Affairs and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) looks at the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) so-called family glitch. Low-to-moderate-income families are eligible for a subsidy to purchase health insurance on...
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Mon, Nov 11 2014 9:00 AM
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Health Insurance Without An Annual Expiration Date? A Case For Exchange-Based Long-Term Policies
Today, consumers make decisions every year about whether to renew or change health plans. Exchange-based multi-year plans would have to overcome significant obstacles before they become reality, but they hold the potential for helping the United States...
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The Payment Reform Landscape: Benefit And Network Design Strategies To Complement Payment Reform
For the past ten months on Health Affairs Blog, we've been discussing the evidence for different models of payment reform , examining everything from pay for performance to nonpayment. But no discussion of payment reform is complete without addressing...
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Grand-Aides And Health Policy: Reducing Readmissions Cost-Effectively
Hospital readmissions for the same condition within 30 days likely should not occur, and most often indicate system failure. Readmitted patients are either discharged too early, should be placed into palliative care or hospice, or most often are victims...
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Health Affairs Web First: New Study Shows Low-Income Residents In Three States Support Medicaid Expansion
Expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to millions of low-income adults has been controversial. However, little is known what these Americans themselves think about Medicaid. A new study, recently released as a Web First by Health Affairs...
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Vets Deserve The Right To Shop For Care
Editor's note: For more on this topic, see the Health Affairs Blog post from Theodore Stefos and James Burgess , and stay tuned for an upcoming blog post from Joel Kupersmith. As former Procter & Gamble CEO Robert McDonald steps in to lead the...
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Reference Pricing And Network Adequacy Standards: Conflict Or Concord?
With benefit designs and enrollee cost-sharing increasingly standardized across health plans under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), one of the remaining levers plans have to differentiate themselves—and to control premiums—is the size of their provider...
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Same Care No Matter Where She Gives Birth: Addressing Variation In Obstetric Care Through Standardization
In August, Health Affairs published a study highlighting an alarming fact in maternal health: The incidence of childbirth complications varies significantly from hospital to hospital across the United States. The study – led by Laurent Glance and colleagues...
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Birth Control Pills Should Be Available Over The Counter, But That’s No Substitute For Contraceptive Coverage
In recent weeks, some opponents of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) contraceptive coverage guarantee have promoted the idea that oral contraceptive pills should be available to adult women without a prescription. Sens. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) and Mitch McConnell...
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