Health Affairs

How Californians Could Benefit From ACA ‘Repeal And Replace’

California has been an early and frequent booster of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the vast majority of the state’s politicians are committed to improving, rather than repealing, the law. But elections have consequences and so the best path forward...

Published Thu, Feb 09 2017 6:56 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, California, Medi-Cal, Covered California, Republicans, value-based insurance design, ACA repeal and replace

Family Spillover Effects For Health Care Treatments Should Be Valued

The effects of illness are often not limited to only those suffering from disease. For diseases such as dementia, multiple sclerosis, and cancer, the financial and emotional toll to caregivers is large and has been well described. In Alzheimer’s dementia...

Published Fri, Feb 10 2017 8:44 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Medicare, Costs and Spending, Family Caregiving, Drugs and Medical Innovation, Health technology assessments

Taking Physician Practice Performance Into Account In Recertification: A Reply To Muney And Orszag

In their thoughtful Health Affairs Blog posting, Alan Muney and Peter Orszag emphasize the importance of practice assessment in providing “a sustainable method for a continuous infusion of quality and affordability into our health care system.” However...

Published Fri, Oct 25 2013 10:00 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Physicians, Chronic Care, Workforce, Quality

Implementing Health Reform: Individual Mandate Deadline Extended; What’s Behind The Policy Cancellation Stories?

On October 28, 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services issued a “ Question and Answer ” that extends until March 31, 2014, the time during which individuals may enroll in coverage through the exchanges and still be in compliance with the individual...

Published Tue, Oct 29 2013 8:14 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Policy, Insurance, States, Medicaid, Children

April’s Most-Read Health Affairs Blog Posts

A roundtable on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and health reform — featuring Bob Berenson, Tom Scully, Gail Wilensky, and Bruce Vladeck — was the most-read Health Affairs Blog post for April. Also on the list were posts on...

Published Mon, May 03 2010 1:53 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Blog, Consumers, Medicare, Medicaid, Technology

Child Obesity: The Obama Administration’s Way Forward

The White House’s Task Force on Childhood Obesity, headed by First Lady Michelle Obama, today released recommendations to the President designed to lower the child obesity rate from about 20 percent now to 5 percent in 2030. Currently, one out of...

Published Tue, May 11 2010 2:40 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Children, Obesity

The Obamacare Repeal Reconciliation Act: What Repeal And Delay Would Mean For Coverage, Premiums, And The Budget

Late in the day on July 19, 2017, the Senate released the Obamacare Repeal Reconciliation Act (ORRA) of 2017 ( summary ). The bill would repeal the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) coverage provisions, but delay the repeal of the coverage provisions until...

Published Wed, Jul 19 2017 6:37 PM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, ACA repeal and replace

The Latest CBO Score Of The Better Care Reconciliation Act Leaves 22 Million Uninsured by 2026

On July 20, 2017, the Senate Budget committee released the latest version of the Better Care Reconciliation Act ( summary ), which was sent to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) for scoring. It is basically identical to the second BCRA draft posted...

Published Thu, Jul 20 2017 12:27 PM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, ACA repeal and replace, BCRA

Medicaid Expansion Reduced Unpaid Medical Debt And Increased Financial Satisfaction

As federal lawmakers continue to debate whether to repeal, and perhaps eventually replace, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), it is clear that Republican health care proposals would significantly scale back a key feature of the ACA: allowing states to expand...

Published Mon, Jul 24 2017 6:49 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Medicaid and CHIP, medicaid expansion states, medical debt

IRS Finalizes Premium Tax Credit Rules Virtually Unchanged

On July 24, 2017, the Internal Revenue Service finalized proposed and temporary regulations governing Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium tax credits that had been issued in July of 2014 . Except for one minor technical change, the 2014 proposed and temporary...

Published Tue, Jul 25 2017 7:10 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage

What US Budget Cuts To Global Health Could Mean For Future Funding

On May 23, 2017, President Donald Trump released his FY 2018 budget request to Congress that includes approximately $2.5 billion in cuts to global health . These cuts had been foreshadowed in the administration’s earlier “ Budget Blueprint ,” which sought...

Published Wed, Jul 26 2017 9:27 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Featured, Costs and Spending, Global Health Policy, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, development assistance for health

US Drug Prices And R&D, Take 2: A Reply To Grabowski And Manning, And To Light

Recently we (along with Zachary Helms) published a Health Affairs Blog post refuting the pharmaceutical industry argument that the higher prices the industry charges in the US are justified because they are necessary to support research and development...

Published Thu, Jul 27 2017 9:53 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Costs and Spending, Drugs and Medical Innovation, prescription drug prices, Pharmaceutical R&D

Physician Workforce Trends And Their Implications For Spending Growth

Controlling the growth rate of health care spending is central to the success of the Affordable Care Act or any subsequent reform. Because labor represents more than 50 percent of health care costs and the clinical workforce drives use and prices, the...

Published Fri, Jul 28 2017 8:19 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Primary Care, Featured, Organization and Delivery, Costs and Spending, Health Professionals, nurse practitioners, physician’s assistants

The Latest Motion In House v. Price Has A Significant Impact On The Future Of CSR Payments

On August 1, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia granted the motion of the attorneys general of 17 states and the District of Columbia to intervene in House v. Price . House v. Price is before the D.C. Circuit on appeal...

Published Tue, Aug 01 2017 7:05 PM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Costs and Spending, house v. price

The Many Problems With Medicare’s MIPS Exclusion Thresholds

The 2015 Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) allows the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Tom Price, to define a low-volume threshold for the purpose of excluding some number of eligible clinicians from participating...

Published Thu, Aug 03 2017 7:08 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Medicare, Quality, Payment Policy, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, MACRA, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System, tom price, Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act

Syndication

Recent Posts

Tags

Archives