USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy
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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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Emergency Physicians Recover a Higher Share of Charges from Surprise Medical Bills
Emergency physicians recover a higher share of charges from out-of-network care than from in-network care.
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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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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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Medicare Advanced Imaging Payment: Dysfunctional Policy Making
USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy offers three recommendations for improving Medicare’s treatment of advanced imaging in ambulatory settings, two of which focus on setting prices and one on managing utilization.
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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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Enrollment in Nongroup Health Insurance by Income Group
This white paper estimates how many non-elderly people in different income groups held Marketplace coverage, off-Marketplace coverage that qualifies as minimum essential coverage (MEC) under the ACA, or non-MEC nongroup policies (e.g., short-term limited duration plans), as well as how many lacked any coverage, in 2019
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The Unfinished Business of Air Ambulance Bills
An overview in Health Affairs of the newly passed No Surprises Act and how the legislation will regulate surprise air ambulance bills.
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Wall Street Comes to Washington Healthcare Roundtable
On April 9, the USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy will host the 25th Wall Street Comes to Washington Health Care Roundtable, which is designed to bridge the worlds of Wall Street and Washington health policy,
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Payment for Dialysis Services in the Individual Market
A new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine finds that monthly spending on outpatient dialysis services for end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) patients was three times higher for patients insured in the individual market compared to patients insured through Medicare.