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An Interview With AHA President Rich Umbdenstock

Editor’s note: Health Affairs Founding Editor John Iglehart recently interviewed American Hospital Association CEO Rich Umbdenstock. The wide-ranging conversation, transcribed below, touched on the ongoing health reform debate, the evolving role...

Published Wed, Oct 21 2009 9:28 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Politics, Payment, Physicians, Spending, Medicare, Quality, Hospitals

Health Reform And The Budget

As the Republican-controlled House prepares to vote today to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the debate continues on the consequences of repeal for the federal budget. Full-scale repeal of the ACA will surely die in the Democratic Senate, but the...

Published Wed, Jan 19 2011 7:34 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Policy, Politics, Payment, Spending, Medicare

Senate Bill Will Include Public Option With State Opt-Out Provision

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) answered some important questions at his Capitol Hill news conference today: The health reform bill he will send to the Senate floor will include a public health insurance plan with a state opt-out provision, and...

Published Mon, Oct 26 2009 12:57 PM by Health Affairs Blog

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

Implementing Health Reform: Court Rules That Tax Credits Are Available Through Federal Exchange

TweetOn January 15, 2014, the Affordable Care Act won a very important legal victory in Halbig v. Sebelius. Judge Paul Friedman of the District Court for the District of Columbia held that the ACA unambiguously supports an IRS regulation allowing the...

Published Wed, Jan 15 2014 12:03 PM by Health Affairs Blog

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

Review Of Accountable Care Organization Landscape Leads 2013 Health Affairs Blog Top Fifteen

David Muhlestein's comprehensive look at the growth of Accountable Care Organizations leads the list of most-read Health Affairs Blog posts for 2013. Muhlestein, Director of Research at Leavitt Partners, followed up this post later in the year with...

Published Fri, Jan 17 2014 8:30 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Prevention, Policy, Insurance, Primary Care, States, Medicare, Coverage, Workforce, Quality, Hospitals, Medicaid, Nurses

Policy Brief Examines ‘Public Option’ Debate

A new policy brief from Health Affairs and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation explores a key aspect of landmark health reform legislation passed by the House of Representatives: the proposal for a government-run public health insurance plan. The brief...

Published Wed, Nov 11 2009 2:53 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Consumers, Insurance, Competition, Cost

Health Reform And Abortion: The Stupak Amendment Hurts Women

From the very beginning, a central tenet of health care reform was that no one would lose coverage they already have. That’s why so many women are outraged by the Stupak amendment to the health reform legislation recently passed by the House. It goes...

Published Mon, Nov 16 2009 11:27 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Insurance

Implementing Health Reform: December Data On Medicaid And CHIP Applications And Eligibility Determinations

On January 22, 2014, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released the December (2013) Monthly Applications and Eligibility Determinations Report for the Medicaid and CHIP programs . The top line of this report is that 1,918,484 applications...

Published Wed, Jan 22 2014 8:47 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Policy, States, Medicare, Coverage, Medicaid, Children, Disabilities

The Supreme Court On The Affordable Care Act: What We Are Waiting For

With the U.S. Supreme Court poised to rule on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) it is worth reminding ourselves of what, exactly, we have been waiting for. We await a judicial opinion that could deliver a decisive blow to all or part of a massive piece of...

Published Fri, Jun 01 2012 11:45 AM by Health Affairs Blog

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

Choosing Wisely: Doctors Want To Do The Right Thing

Getting physicians and patients talking about whether tests are necessary is a small but important first step in addressing what is wrong with our current health care system. Issues such as how we pay for care, how we organize our delivery systems, and...

Published Wed, Jun 06 2012 11:37 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Physicians, Health Care Costs, Spending, Quality, Effectiveness

Health Affairs Web First: Medicaid/Marketplace ‘Churning’ State-By-State

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires almost all Americans to have health insurance. For most lower-income Americans, this means coverage through Medicaid, employer-sponsored insurance, or health exchanges, depending on their income and state of residence...

Published Wed, Mar 12 2014 1:10 PM by Health Affairs Blog

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

Implementing Health Reform: The 2015 Health Insurance Marketplace Blueprints And More ACA News

In its final 2015 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters , the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) noted that state applications to operate exchanges for 2015 would be due on June 30, 2014. On March 7, 2014, CMS released at its Paperwork...

Published Fri, Mar 14 2014 12:01 PM by Health Affairs Blog

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

Nine Questions About My New Medical Home

Sometime in the past five years -- it's hard for me to say exactly when -- I suddenly found myself living in a new home. I must admit I am still a bit disoriented by how this happened. But it did. People keep telling me that everything will be ok...

Published Mon, Mar 17 2014 9:29 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Insurance, Payment, Physicians, Health IT, Primary Care, Quality, Disparities, Personal Experience, Effectiveness

Health Policy Brief: Coordination Of Care For Dual Eligibles

A new Health Policy Brief from Health Affairs and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation examines efforts to better manage and coordinate care of more than nine million Americans covered by both Medicare and Medicaid, also known as dual eligibles. This heterogeneous...

Published Thu, Jun 14 2012 9:41 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Chronic Care, Spending, Medicare, Quality, Medicaid, Aging, Disabilities

Why Prices Matter

The single biggest mistake in all of health policy is the belief that the best way to make health care accessible is to make it free at the point of delivery. This mistake underlies our entire approach to providing health care to low-income families in...

Published Mon, Jun 18 2012 9:15 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Policy, Payment, Health Care Costs, Access, Disparities, Medicaid

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