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Paying for an ACA Replacement Becomes Near Impossible if the Law’s Tax Increases are Repealed
The tax cuts that would be enacted if Congress models its ACA repeal on the legislation that was passed early last year through the budget reconciliation process would make it much more difficult to achieve a sustainable replacement plan that provides meaningful coverage without increasing deficits.
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Why Repealing the ACA Before Replacing it Won’t Work, and What Might
Republicans have offered up no shortage of ACA replacement plans, but many are still in outline form or lack critical details. This post outlines why repealing with out a replacement won’t work and what policies should be considered.Â
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Physician Treatment Patterns: Evidence from Accountable Care Organizations
Researchers found that when physicians have a sufficient number of ACO-aligned beneficiaries they reduce the number of procedures performed across all of their patients, suggests that financial incentives have blunt and widespread effects where the dominant payment arrangement has spillover effects on health outcomes.
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How to Get Rid of Surprise Medical Bills
It’s the last thing you want to worry about during a trip to emergency room. Yet, millions of Americans have to deal with surprise medical bills. Paul Ginsburg and his colleagues at Brookings offer solutions for how to eliminate them.
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Solving Surprise Medical Bills Â
Imagine you walk into a hospital for a planned procedure, for example a knee operation to be performed by an orthopedic surgeon. Before you scheduled the surgery, you did your due diligence and confirmed that the surgeon performing the procedure participated in your insurance plan, and that the hospital where you were having the surgery […]
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Protecting Patients from Surprise Medical Bills
Every year, millions of Americans are surprised to receive staggering medical bills after emergency or routine care from a provider they had no idea was outside of their insurers’ network—and often had no control in choosing. While one study in New York of large surprise bills for emergency care found that patients were billed over […]
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The Impact of Patient-Centered Medical Homes on Safety Net Clinics
In a study on the impact of a patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model in safety net clinics in a managed Medicaid plan, the researchers found that a PCMH model effectively reduced emergency department use and increased the use of office visits among Medicaid patients, though the beneficial effects can be muted by a sudden influx of high-need users.
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Affordable Care Act Premiums are Lower Than You Think
Though news stories have focused on premium increases, analysis shows the ACA marketplaces have been successful in lowering premiums for consumers while simultaneously providing better insurance.
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Health Care Premiums Less Costly Now, Provide More Benefits than Prior to the ACA
Contrary to conventional wisdom, the ACA kept premiums lower and provides more generous coverage than absent the law.
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Competing Risks: Investing in Sickness Rather Than Health
The authors contend that the time has come for the US to distance itself from the rhetoric and colored ribbons of conquering individual diseases to begin a real discussion about how best to help Americans achieve longer, healthier, and more productive lives.
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