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Designing a Public Option that Would Reduce Healthcare Provider Prices
An analysis of how a public option may or may not reduce healthcare costs in the U.S.
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Congress Should End Dialysis Companies’ Third-Party Games with Insurance Coverage
A new op-ed in STAT highlights practices by dialysis facilities where they try to push patients into individual market plans by financing patients’ premiums for those plans
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The American Rescue Plan’s Premium Tax Credit Expansion—State Policy Considerations
Premium Tac Credit (PTC) expansion has profound implications for state health policy, aiding state efforts to make coverage more affordable and accessible.
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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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On this blog, experts from the USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy advance the national health policy conversation through innovative ideas and timely, evidence-based analysis. These posts offer policymakers practical recommendations and analysis for solving the health care issues of today.
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Recommendations for Implementing the No Surprises Act
Schaeffer Initiative experts examine several key implementation questions within the No Surprises Act and discuss options for resolving those questions.
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Medicare Payment for Physician-Administered (Part B) Drugs: The Interim Final Rule and a Better Way Forward
A look at how policymakers can reform an interim-final rule to use Medicare’s demonstration authority under the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) to make large reductions in the amounts it pays physicians for high-cost medicines they administer under Part B.
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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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Expanded Coverage for COVID-19 Testing Must Include Limits On Costs
Schaeffer Initiative experts discuss why the most efficient and equitable way to conduct testing on a mass scale for COVID-19 is through a federally-funded public effort that tests everyone, but until Congress enacts such a program, mandating insurance coverage is an important lever to improve access to testing.
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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.