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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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Making ACA Enrollment More Automatic for the Newly Unemployed
USC-Brooking Schaeffer Initiative researchers lay out strategies to help the newly uninsured transition to Medicaid or the ACA individual market.
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Adapting Medicare Advantage Bidding for COVID-19 Related Uncertainty on Claims: A Proposal
The COVID-19 pandemic is fundamentally disrupting the health care system and injecting significant uncertainty about current and future utilization and costs.
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Estimating Potential Spending on COVID-19 Care
Schaeffer Initiative researchers quantify the estimated costs of COVID-19 care in the U.S. in a new report.
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The USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy is a partnership between Economic Studies at Brookings and the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics, and aims to inform the national health care debate with rigorous, evidence-based analysis leading to practical recommendations using the collaborative strengths of USC and Brookings.
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Commentary on “Health Spending Under Single-Payer Approaches”
The director of the USC-Brooking Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy explains that cost savings under single payer plans would not be as large as they might seem.
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Study Finds Surprise Medical Bills Springing from Ambulatory Surgery Centers
One-in-twelve episodes at ambulatory surgery centers had the potential to result in a surprise medical bill, according to the study.
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Prevalence And Characteristics Of Surprise Out-Of-Network Bills From Professionals In Ambulatory Surgery Centers
One-in-twelve episodes at ambulatory surgery centers had the potential to result in a surprise medical bill, according to the study.
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How Well Could Tax-Based Auto-Enrollment Work?
Auto-enrollment into health insurance coverage is an attractive policy that can drive the U.S. health care system towards universal coverage.
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Responding To COVID-19: Using The CARES Act’s Hospital Fund To Help The Uninsured, Achieve Other Goals
Our researchers explain why a COVID-19 special enrollment period and other policies to expand access to comprehensive health coverage remain necessary.
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How the Cares Act Affects COVID-19 Test Pricing
How will the CARES Act impact COVID-19 test pricing? One of our Schaeffer Initiative experts suggests a change to require insurers to pay for testing at Medicare prices and prohibit balance billing patients.