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Turning Consumers Into Shoppers: Using High-Deductible Plans Wisely

As insurance exchanges emerge next year, and as states grapple with exactly what options health plans will provide, high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) are likely to be on the menu. But do such plans have the secret sauce to move participants from being...

Published Thu, Oct 18 2012 9:05 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Prevention, Insurance, States, Spending, Comparative Effectiveness

Notes From The 4th Forum On Health Policy And Management In Berlin, Germany

Editor’s note: This post is part of a series of several posts related to the 4 th European Forum on Health Policy and Management: Innovation & Implementation , held in Berlin, Germany on January 29 and 30, 2015. For updates on the Forum’s results...

Published Mon, May 18 2015 6:00 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Hospitals, Innovation, Population Health, Featured, Organization and Delivery, healthcare, Health Policy, caregivers, David Blumenthal, Ron Kuerbitz, Center for Healthcare Management

Health Affairs Event Reminder: The Medi-Cal Waiver And Health System Improvement In California

California’s five-year federal waiver to help revamp the state’s $95 billion Medi-Cal program is set to expire on October 31, 2015. While crucial changes have been made to the program in terms of flexibility and accountability, and coverage...

Published Wed, Jun 10 2015 9:00 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: States, Elsewhere@ Health Affairs, Costs and Spending, Medicaid and CHIP, California, California HealthCare Foundation, Blue Shield of California Foundation, Medi-Cal

Health Affairs October Issue: ACA Progress, Health And Social Supports

The October issue of Health Affairs looks at aspects of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) as the United States gears up for the next open enrollment season on the health exchanges. Other studies examine health costs, and the complex interplay between health...

Published Mon, Oct 05 2015 1:05 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Global Health, Quality, Hospitals, Europe, Elsewhere@ Health Affairs, Population Health, Featured, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, Equity and Disparities, Health Professionals, open enrollment, Affordable Care Act, out of pocket costs

Cutting Health Cost Growth By Shared State-Federal Savings

In a Health Affairs Web First commentary released today, Alan Weil discusses the concept of “cooperative federalism” in light of the Affordable Care Act. He proposes an optional shared savings program between the states and the federal government as a...

Published Wed, Jul 24 2013 1:41 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Policy, Politics, Health Care Costs, States, Quality, Medicaid, Children

Federal District Judge Dismisses Ohio Lawsuit Challenging The ACA

Implementing Health Reform. On January 5, 2016, another Affordable Care Act (ACA) lawsuit bit the dust when Judge Algenon Marbley of the federal district court for the Southern District of Ohio dismissed Ohio v. United States . The State of Ohio, four...

Published Thu, Jan 07 2016 7:46 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, open enrollment, Supreme Court, Ohio, ACA lawsuit

ASPE Releases Enrollment Data From Healthcare.gov And State-Based Marketplaces

Implementing Health Reform. On January 7, 2016 the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Assistant Secretary for Evaluation and Planning (ASPE) released data on marketplace enrollment for both the states that used the Healthcare.gov enrollment...

Published Fri, Jan 08 2016 8:29 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, healthcare.gov, open enrollment, Minorities

A Brainy Health Wonk Review

Jaan Sidorov has “A Brainy Health Wonk Review on Health Reform, the Affordable Care Act and Lots More!” over at Disease Management Care Blog. Check out Jaan’s collection of great health policy blogging, including a Health Affairs Blog...

Published Mon, Aug 20 2012 9:10 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Blog

Health Affairs Interview: Shanghai’s Health Care Reforms Explained

"I think health reform is not like what some say—a matter of two, three, or four years of efforts, and you get a brand-new health system. So I do not look for one-shot earthshaking effects. Instead, I focus on whether the policies we put in place...

Published Wed, Nov 06 2013 1:05 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Policy, Politics, Physicians, Health IT, Health Care Costs, Spending, Global Health, Hospitals

Health Spending Grew At An Historically Slow Rate In 2009

During 2009, a year of deep recession followed by slow economic growth, national health care spending rose at its lowest rate in five decades, federal analysts report in the January issue of Health Affairs, released today. Health spending rose only 4...

Published Thu, Jan 06 2011 9:34 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Insurance, Physicians, Spending, Medicare, Pharma, Medicaid

State Single Payer And Medicaid Buy-In: A Look At California, New York, And Nevada

Rising insurance premiums, lack of access, uncertainty, and commotion around Affordable Care Act (ACA) repeal, have all contributed to the growing discontent and unease surrounding health care reform. Pressure to act continues to mount. Insurance titans...

Published Fri, Jun 30 2017 6:41 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Payment Policy, Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, Medicaid and CHIP, California, New York, nevada, Medicaid buy-in, individual markets, state single-payer systems

Bridging The Dental Divide: Overcoming Barriers To Integrating Oral Health And Primary Care

American systems of oral and systemic health—training, licensure, service delivery, and insurance— continue to operate in parallel . It is a fracture rooted in sociologic, political, and market forces rather than underlying physiology. Although...

Published Thu, Jan 19 2017 7:57 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Primary Care, Quality, Oral Health, Dental Care, Population Health, Costs and Spending, Health Professionals, Federally Qualified Health Centers

This Intervention Helps Underserved Women Access Needed Postpartum Care

Pregnancy and childbirth can exacerbate many health risks, especially among underserved women or those who have a hard time getting health care. Diabetes, hypertension, and depression are all serious health conditions that occur frequently during pregnancy...

Published Mon, Jun 05 2017 8:28 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Primary Care, Quality, Payment Policy, Medicaid and CHIP, health equity, Women's Health, Maternal Health, maternal depression, postpartum care

ACA Round-Up: Dollar Thresholds For 2017; Information For Agents And Brokers

On October 27, the Internal Revenue Service released a number of inflation-adjusted thresholds for 2017 . For calendar year 2017, the dollar individual responsibility penalty for failure to have minimum essential coverage or to claim an exemption from...

Published Thu, Oct 27 2016 2:06 PM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Navigators, open enrollment, SHOP marketplace

The Uninsured Drop Slowed But Continued Between 2014 and 2015

The Census Bureau released a report last week showing continued improvements in the uninsured rate between 2014 and 2015 following the implementation of the major coverage provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), including the expansion of Medicaid...

Published Wed, Oct 05 2016 10:00 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, Medicaid and CHIP, Medicaid expansion, medicaid expansion states

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