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Unpacking The Senate’s Take On ACA Repeal And Replace

On June 22, 2017, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) released the Senate GOP’s version of Affordable Care Act repeal, the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 . The Senate bill is in many respects quite different from the House’s American...

Published Thu, Jun 22 2017 7:05 PM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

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

ACA Round-Up: QHP Application Deadline Passes, House v. Price, Special Enrollment Periods

June 21, 2017, was the last day for insurers to file qualified health plan applications in the 39 states that use HealthCare.gov, including federally facilitated marketplace (FFM), plan management, and state-based marketplace-federal platform states....

Published Sat, Jun 24 2017 6:11 PM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, special enrollment periods, house v. price

Amended Senate Bill Includes Waiting Period for Those Who Let Coverage Lapse

On June 26, 2017, the Republican Leadership released an amended version of the Senate Better Care Reconciliation Act. It is very similar to the version they released on June 22, but includes two changes. First, it amends a couple of provisions of the...

Published Mon, Jun 26 2017 12:22 PM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Featured, Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, coverage gap, ACA repeal and replace, waiting period

A Health Care War On The Poor

Many criticisms have been leveled against the House-passed American Health Care Act (AHCA) and the Better Care Reconciliation Act- the new Senate health bill offered by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. The unmistakable hallmark of these bills, however...

Published Tue, Jun 27 2017 7:25 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Featured, Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, Medicaid and CHIP, Trumpcare, AHCA

Making Investments In Rural Health: What Are The New And Old Challenges?

Fairly early in the day of November 9, 2016, the frenzy began. It was the day after Election Day 2016. Enormous swaths of rural Americans had helped to deliver a presidential candidate over the finish line who promoted ideas and plans that were antithetical...

Published Wed, Jun 28 2017 7:00 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Politics, Health Philanthropy, GrantWatch, health equity, rural health, 2016 election, equity, Office of Rural Health Policy

How Health Care And Community-Based Human Services Organizations Are Partnering for Better Health Outcomes

While the headlines focus on the latest twists and turns of health care politics and policies, a tectonic shift is happening in America’s approach to health, with innovations that show promise in terms of better outcomes, better quality of care, and lower...

Published Thu, Jun 29 2017 10:44 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Nonmedical Determinants, Health Philanthropy, GrantWatch, Social Determinants of Health, Population Health, Featured, Organization and Delivery, community-based organizations, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, human services organizations, Center for Health Care Strategies

Scaling Career Pathways For Entry-Level Health Care Workers

Imagine a job-creation initiative in which an employee with just a high school diploma has a realistic chance of more than doubling his or her original salary while working for the same employer. Now imagine that the careers this initiative supports also...

Published Wed, Jul 05 2017 6:53 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Quality, Health Professionals, Hope Street Group, Health Career Pathways Task Force, Advisory Board Company

Beyond “To Close Or Not To Close” Rural Hospitals

About 60 million Americans live in rural areas. And almost every health statistic shows they’re falling behind their fellow Americans who live in urban areas. Rural residents are less likely to have health insurance coverage through a job , have lower...

Published Thu, Jul 06 2017 10:41 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Consumers, Health Care Costs, Workforce, Access, Hospitals, Health Philanthropy, GrantWatch, Health Care Delivery, Rural Health Care, Featured, Organization and Delivery, Costs and Spending, hospital closures, Texas

End-Of-Life Policy Solutions: A Cautionary Note

In a new special issue of Health Affairs focused on health care around the end of life, we see that health care costs rise as patients approach death and/or after they are diagnosed with a life-limiting disease. This relationship holds across many diseases...

Published Mon, Jul 10 2017 8:45 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: End-of-Life Care, Palliative Care, End of Life & Serious Illness

House, Administration Oppose State Intervention In House v. Price; New Developments In ACA Section 1557 Case

On July 10, 2017, the House of Representatives and the Trump Administration’s Department of Health and Human Services filed briefs opposing the motion by 18 state attorneys general to intervene in the government’s appeal of House v. Price . In addition...

Published Tue, Jul 11 2017 11:42 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, cost-sharing reduction payments, ACA Marketplaces, gender identity, ACA section 1557, house v. price, termination of pregnancy

Foundation Addresses Critical Need For Palliative Care Workforce And Leadership Development

Philanthropy has provided critical funding for the advancement of palliative care in the United States, complementing support from health systems for clinical services and the federal government for research. To catalyze palliative care leadership development...

Published Thu, Jul 13 2017 11:31 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Physicians, Chronic Care, Workforce, Access, Quality, Hospitals, End-of-Life Care, Aging, Nurses, Health Philanthropy, GrantWatch, Health Care Delivery, Palliative Care, Organization and Delivery, Health Professionals, Center to Advance Palliative Care, Cambia Health Foundation

Medicaid And The Latest Version Of The BCRA: Massive Federal Funding Losses Remain

Where Medicaid is concerned, the most notable thing about the latest version of the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) is that despite the drama of the past two weeks—the flood of news coverage regarding the potential impact of the losses; mounting...

Published Fri, Jul 14 2017 10:00 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Following the ACA, Medicaid and CHIP, emergency response, ACA repeal and replace, BCRA

At It Again: Texas Continues To Undercut Access To Reproductive Health Care

Texas policymakers are once again demonstrating their contempt for reproductive health care, the health care providers who offer those services, and the women who rely on them. The state has spent years crippling a once-successful program supporting family...

Published Tue, Jul 18 2017 8:56 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Public Health, Quality, Medicaid and CHIP, Women's Health, Texas, contraceptive coverage, Planned Parenthood, Section 1115 Waivers

Is The Impact of Comparative Effective Reports Being Evaluated?

It is clear to all informed persons that the nation needs better evidence of what works in health care, and this has propelled comparative effectiveness research (CER) policy developments of late. However, for a number of—mainly political—reasons, recent...

Published Wed, Jun 30 2010 7:34 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Spending, Quality, Comparative Effectiveness, Effectiveness

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...

Published Tue, Jul 06 2010 2:24 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Primary Care, Uncategorized, Workforce

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