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Implementing Health Reform: Extending Enrollment And Premium Deadlines; Easing Provider And Drug Transitions
Implementing Health Reform: Website Developments And Contingencies; ACA Litigation And Guidance
We Need To Know More About Wellness Incentives
The BPC Health Care Reform Plan: A Response To Coulam, Feldman, and Dowd
Ming Tai-Seale On Patient Engagement: Communicating With Patients With Mental Health Needs
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Implementing Health Reform: Extending Enrollment And Premium Deadlines; Easing Provider And Drug Transitions
On December 12, 2013, with twelve shopping days until Christmas and three shopping days left until exchange enrollment was supposed to close for 2013, HHS, citing “unforeseen barriers to enrollment in the Exchanges,” issued an interim-final rule entitled...
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Implementing Health Reform: Website Developments And Contingencies; ACA Litigation And Guidance
It is October 22, 2013, three weeks after the healthcare.gov website opened its doors. The website is still not working properly . Parts of it are working reasonably well, and a few people are getting all the way through the enrollment process. But multiple...
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We Need To Know More About Wellness Incentives
Recently, the federal government published Final Rules on wellness incentives. What’s in it for you? From next year, your employer may increase your insurance premiums by up to 50 percent of the cost of coverage if you smoke. If you’re overweight, you...
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The BPC Health Care Reform Plan: A Response To Coulam, Feldman, and Dowd
We commend Robert Coulam, Roger Feldman, and Bryan Dowd for bringing attention to competitive bidding in Medicare, a meaningful strategy to constrain health care costs through reducing inefficiencies in the health care system. The authors have made valuable...
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Ming Tai-Seale On Patient Engagement: Communicating With Patients With Mental Health Needs
Editor’s note: The February issue of Health Affairs was a thematic issue focused on patient engagement. In conjunction with the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) , the journal launched a new initiative inviting questions from patients...
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Mr. President: Make Imported Food Safe
On January 4, my Pew colleagues and I applauded President Obama and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for releasing two sets of draft rules central to implementing the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), the first major update to our food...
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Tue, Mar 03 2013 7:27 AM
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Your Genome Belongs To You
Just four years ago, only two people in the world had their genome sequenced: James D. Watson (co-discoverer of the structure of DNA) and J. Craig Venter (former President of the firm that mounted a private-sector rival to the Human Genome Project). There...
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A New Federal Push To Increase Health Literacy
Most Americans struggle to understand health information and navigate the health care system, which can lead to preventable hospitalizations, greater use of emergency care, and reduced overall health status. To avoid costly “crisis care,”...
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Thu, Jan 01 2012 11:13 AM
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Family Caregivers: A Priority For Politicians?
A posting on the Health Affairs blog earlier this year by Carol Levine asked the pointed question: “The year of the family caregiver- in what country?” In it, she compared the “Year of the Family Caregiver” in the U.S. to the recent elections in Canada...
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Mon, Oct 10 2011 9:16 AM
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Health Affairs Blog Most-Read Posts For June
Posts on accountable care organizations, implementing health reform, and consumer resistance to evidence-based care topped the list of Health Affairs Blog most-read posts for June. The full list is below. An Accountable Care Organization Reading List...
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Tue, Jul 07 2010 2:24 PM
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Do We Need An Individual Mandate?
Should everyone be required to have health insurance? The short answer is no. There is nothing that can be achieved with a mandate to buy health insurance that cannot be better achieved by a carefully designed system of tax subsidies. Beyond that, a requirement...
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Mon, May 05 2010 12:21 PM
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Should We Be Able To Buy Insurance Across State Lines?
I live in Texas. Right now, the only health insurance I can buy is insurance regulated under Texas law. But if bills before Congress (most notably, one sponsored by Arizona Republican Congressman John Shadegg), are enacted, I would be able to buy insurance...
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Wed, Feb 02 2010 6:50 AM
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