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Implementing Health Reform: Judge Rules Against Premium Tax Credits In ACA Federal Exchanges

On September 30, 2014, Judge Ronald White of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma decided in Pruitt v. Burwell and Lew that the Affordable Care Act does not authorize the federally exchanges to issue premium tax credits...

Published Tue, Sep 30 2014 3:19 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Insurance, Health Law

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...

Published Thu, Oct 02 2014 8:59 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Access, Quality, Health Care Delivery, Veterans

500 Days And Counting: Critical Steps In The Countdown To Achieving MDG 6

Editor's note: For more on global health, see the September issue of Health Affairs . We are now less than 500 days away from December 31, 2015, the target date for reaching the world’s Millennium Development Goals (MDG). This includes MDG 6, the...

Published Mon, Oct 06 2014 6:53 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Public Health, Global Health

Implementing Health Reform: Reference Pricing And Network Adequacy

On October 10, 2014, the Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services issued a frequently asked question (FAQ) regarding the use of reference-based pricing in non-grandfathered large group employer plans. Although the issue the FAQ addresses...

Published Sun, Oct 12 2014 3:09 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Policy, Insurance, Payment, Health Care Costs, Employer-Sponsored Insurance

Health Care Spending Growth Moderates GDP Growth In The Short Term And Policy Targets Should Reflect This

Economic growth is most often measured by growth in gross domestic product (GDP), which is the value of all final goods and services produced in an economy. Recent revisions to the first quarter 2014 estimates of U.S. GDP growth have raised concerns over...

Published Thu, Oct 16 2014 8:40 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Care Costs, Spending, Business of Health Care

Will Employers Favor Private Exchanges Over Coverage Sponsorship?

Over the past couple years, health care exchanges probably have consumed more of corporate benefits managers’ time and psychic energy than any other topic. An outstanding question is whether the rank and file of American businesses will drop the hassle...

Published Fri, Oct 17 2014 12:00 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Care Costs, Employer-Sponsored Insurance, Coverage

2011 Health Spending Growth Ticks Up: Should We Be Concerned?

I am taking a break from analyzing national health spending sustainable growth rates to look at recent patterns of growth. I was inspired by the September 25 spending estimates from the Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI) showing an uptick in the growth...

Published Mon, Oct 01 2012 10:16 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Care Costs, Spending

States Take A First Step On The Path To Essential Health Benefits

State benchmark plan decisions—the first step on the path to essential health benefits as part of the Affordable Care Act—are rolling in. So far, 20 states and the District of Columbia have at least made a preliminary benchmark plan decision, and 15 of...

Published Wed, Oct 03 2012 12:10 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Policy, Politics, Insurance, States, Employer-Sponsored Insurance

Medicaid Spending Variations Driven More By Volume Than Price, Says Study In New Health Affairs

The first study of its kind to examine regional and state differences in Medicaid spending shows that there is wide variation in spending per beneficiary, and that some large states are spending more than twice as much per beneficiary as other states...

Published Thu, Jul 07 2011 7:13 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Chronic Care, States, Spending, Medicaid

Implementing Health Reform: Health Insurance Exchanges (Part 2)

Editor’s Note: Below, Timothy Jost continues his Health Affairs Blog series analyzing regulations implementing the Affordable Care Act. Health Affairs Blog will also offer additional perspectives on the newly released regulations governing the state health...

Published Tue, Jul 12 2011 2:18 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Policy, Insurance, States, Health Law

Implementing Health Reform: Setting The Stage For 2015 Open Enrollment

On November 15, 2014, the Affordable Care Act marketplaces reopened for 2015 enrollment, the second year of ACA coverage. On November 14, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Office of Personnel Management released guidance and reports...

Published Sun, Nov 16 2014 12:12 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Policy, Insurance, Health Law

Continuity Of Care For Chronic Conditions: Threats, Opportunities, And Policy

Continuity of care is a bedrock principle of the patient-doctor relationship and is believed to be a fundamental attribute of high-quality medical care. Mounting evidence suggests that continuity of care for patients with chronic conditions prevents hospitalizations...

Published Tue, Nov 18 2014 6:00 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Physicians, Chronic Care, Research

Shifting From Depression Screening Alone To Evidence-Based Depression Treatment In ACOs

In their October 2014 Health Affairs article, “ Few ACOs Pursue Innovative Models That Integrate Care for Mental Illness And Substance Abuse With Primary Care ,” Valerie Lewis et al. identified that the quality measures in an Accountable Care Organization...

Published Wed, Nov 19 2014 6:00 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Quality, Mental Health, Substance Abuse

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...

Published Thu, Nov 20 2014 7:00 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Chronic Care, Coverage, Access, Global Health, Aging, Long-Term Care

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...

Published Fri, Nov 21 2014 11:18 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Care Costs, Spending, Access, Bioethics, Pharma, Biotech, Business of Health Care

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