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Health Affairs Briefing: Financing Long-Term Services And Supports

About half of all older Americans will have a high level of need for help with everyday activities (walking, eating, getting out of bed, etc.). Oftentimes, the care and cost burdens fall on individuals and their families due to a lack of affordable, accessible...

Published Thu, Nov 05 2015 1:06 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Elsewhere@ Health Affairs, Long-term Services and Supports

To Increase Value in Medicare, Expand Coverage To Long-Term Care

Medicare has recently announced policy moves designed to improve the value of its spending. Few people would argue with this goal at an abstract level, but what it means in practical terms is less clear. If we assume that value is maximized when a program...

Published Fri, Jun 12 2015 5:30 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Health Reform, Medicare, Long-Term Care, Health Policy Lab, Insurance and Coverage, Long-term Services and Supports

Appellate Court Upholds ACA In Opinion By Prominent Conservative Judge

Yesterday, November 8, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia became the second federal court of appeals to uphold the constitutionality of the minimum coverage requirement of the Affordable Care Act. To date, one federal appellate...

Published Wed, Nov 09 2011 5:52 AM by Health Affairs Blog

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

The Human Face of Hospital Readmissions

The numbers are disturbing and disappointingly familiar. According to the federal government, one in five elderly patients winds up back in the hospital within 30 days of leaving. The cost is troubling, too. The readmission of Medicare patients alone...

Published Thu, Mar 14 2013 9:20 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Policy, Chronic Care, Health Care Costs, Medicare, Quality, Hospitals, Patient Safety

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Efforts to Reverse Childhood Obesity

This blog post is excerpted from chapter 5 of To Improve Health and Healthcare: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology, vol. XVI . Recently, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) announced a commitment of $500 million to help children maintain...

Published Tue, Apr 14 2015 4:30 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: GrantWatch

Investing In The Social Safety Net: Health Care’s Next Frontier

Editor's note: In addition to Jennifer DeCubellis, Leon Evans also coauthored this post. The United States spends 250 percent more than any other developed country on health care services, yet we are ranked below 16 other countries in overall life...

Published Mon, Jul 07 2014 6:35 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Nonmedical Determinants, Policy, Payment, Chronic Care, Health Care Costs, Medicaid

Interview: IOM President Harvey Fineberg Reflects On Lessons Learned

On June 16, 2014, I spoke with Dr. Harvey V. Fineberg, as he wrapped up his second six-year term as president of the Institute of Medicine (IOM). We discussed how requests for work come to the IOM, the attributes of IOM reports that make them effective...

Published Thu, Jul 10 2014 1:26 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Public Health, Policy, Science and Health, Research, Business of Health Care

New Health Policy Brief: Employee Choice

A new Health Policy Brief from Health Affairs and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) looks at health coverage choice for employees of small businesses. Unlike large organizations, small businesses have been less likely to provide comprehensive...

Published Thu, Sep 18 2014 12:18 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Insurance, Employer-Sponsored Insurance, Business of Health Care

Health Affairs Event: Medicare Savings Ideas For The Super Committee

The congressional Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction has been charged with finding ways to decrease federal budget deficits by at least $1.2 trillion between fiscal 2012 and 2021. There is broad recognition among policy makers that savings in...

Published Thu, Oct 13 2011 9:59 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Physicians, Spending, Medicare, Quality, End-of-Life Care

Is Bias A Source Of Unmet Needs For Medically Complex Kids?

A study on the “ Inequities In Health Care Needs For Children With Medical Complexity ,” published in the December 2014 issue of Health Affairs on children’s health, supports a suspicion I have had for some time. Children with medical complexity face...

Published Mon, Feb 02 2015 6:00 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Chronic Care, Health Care Costs, Medicaid, Health Law, Children, Long-Term Care, Health Care Delivery, Palliative Care

Implementing Health Reform: Association Health Plans

The Affordable Care Act comprehensively reforms health insurance in the United States. Its central reform provisions apply to “a group health plan and health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage,” that is, to individual...

Published Thu, Sep 01 2011 1:35 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Insurance, States, Employer-Sponsored Insurance, Health Law

Health Reform And Federalism: Henry Aaron’s View

Seven years ago, Stuart Butler and I joined together, a conservative/liberal “odd couple,” to endorse the idea that states should be empowered to take the lead on health reform. As with many positions endorsed by strange bedfellows, our reasons...

Published Fri, Mar 11 2011 7:25 AM by Health Affairs Blog

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

Health Reform And Federalism: Stuart Butler’s View

Back in 2004, Henry Aaron and I authored an article in Health Affairs arguing that granting states sweeping powers to experiment with health reform – within federal guidelines – would be the best way of achieving a bipartisan breakthrough at a time when...

Published Fri, Mar 11 2011 7:23 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Policy, Politics, States

Is A Study Of HIV Treatment For Mothers In Africa Unethical?

A global health controversy erupted this summer when the prominent scientific journal Nature ran an article entitled “HIV trial attacked.” Within, commentators squared off over whether a huge ongoing study provides suboptimal and thus unethical treatment...

Published Wed, Oct 01 2014 9:52 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Chronic Care, Global Health, Health Care Delivery

Dear Governor-Elect: Some Health Policy Counsel

Congratulations on your election on November 3. It is a mandate for your vision and leadership. Now, like the proverbial dog who has caught the meat truck -- where to begin with this business of governing? As you contemplate the work in front of you,...

Published Tue, Nov 18 2014 12:17 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Politics, Primary Care, States, Medicaid

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