Search results for "Cost sharing"
The ‘central fiscal challenge’ the candidates aren't discussing
None of the presidential candidates are discussing health care cost containment, setting up reform as an issue doomed to fail after the election.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/10/washington.htm
1 Oct 2008
Monday morning quarterbacking doesn't score touchdowns
The “failure” to permanently reform the sustainable growth rate formula shouldn't jeopardize overall progress on health care reform.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/09/washington.htm
1 Sep 2010
Spending on physician services, take two
Reform is required in how physicians are paid, including a more rigorous analysis of the relative value of services and compensation for the cognitive work done outside of the patient encounter.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/11/washington.htm
1 Nov 2012
Five questions that may decide success of health care reform
As open enrollment begins under the Affordable Care Act, its success depends upon who signs up, how easy it is to do so, and whether the states help their residents do so. Physicians can help their patients sign up.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/11/washington.htm
1 Nov 2013
40 years in health policy, then 40 days in the hospital
My time as a patient made me more aware, in a way that researching and writing about health policy can never do, that although my care experience was mostly positive, this is not the case for millions.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/03/40-years-in-health-policy-then-40-days-in-the-hospital.htm
1 Mar 2022
Preserving the Affordable Care Act despite the headwinds
Despite a treacherous political environment that posed a direct threat to ACP's efforts to preserve the historic gains in coverage from the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a group of six medical societies was able to preserve key components of the program.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/02/preserving-the-affordable-care-act-despite-the-headwinds.htm
1 Feb 2018
What now for health care reform after a first try fails?
ACP's lobbying agenda includes working on a bipartisan basis to shore up health insurance markets, give people more choices of coverage, and protect coverage for the most vulnerable covered by Medicaid.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/05/washington.htm
1 May 2017