Recent Work
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“Vaccine Passport” Certification — Policy and Ethical Considerations
An analysis of the policy and ethical considerations of implementing vaccine passports broadly.
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Understanding the No Surprises Act
A look at the No Surprise Act, a new federal law that ends surprise out-of-network billing. The law was passed late last year as part of the omnibus bill.
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Reaching Agreement on COVID-19 Immunity “Passports” Will Be Difficult
Vaccine privileges would allow those who can show immunity to COVID-19 access to certain high-risk activities. USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy conducted a survey to understand the general public’s views on the topics.
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Out‐of‐Network Air Ambulance Bills: Prevalence, Magnitude, and Policy Solutions
Out‐of‐network air ambulance bills are a type of surprise medical bill and are driven by many of the same market failures behind other surprise medical bills.
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Rep. Ruiz’s Arbitration Proposal for Surprise Billing (H.R. 3502) Would Lead to Much Higher Costs and Deficits
USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative researchers review the latest proposed legislation from Representative Ruiz on surprise medical billing.