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Don’t Make Surgery Another COVID Casualty
Investing in minimally invasive tools can free up valuable beds when pandemic surges threaten to overwhelm hospitals, argues Van Nuys and Lakdawalla in MedPage Today.
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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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We Can’t Have Everything: The Role of Payment for Volume and Choice of Providers in Fueling Health Care Expenditures
Victor Fuchs outlines several health policy reforms to control health care expenditures.
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Podcast: The Impact and Economics of Alzheimer’s
Julie Zissimopoulos recently spoke about her research using economic insights to better understand the impact of Alzheimer’s disease on individuals, families, caregivers, and society.
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Insurer Formularies Complicate the Adoption of Biosimilar Cancer Therapies
A new blog post coauthored by Schaeffer Center experts in Health Affairs finds that insurer preferences for biologic and biosimilar drugs adds cost and complicates the work of hospital pharmacists and physicians.
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Why the Vaccine Guidelines Work Against Blacks
By making COVID vaccine eligibility based on age, Black communities were left out despite making up a larger portion of COVID-19 deaths and infections.
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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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Palliative Care Works, So Why Is It Rarely Used? Follow the Money
Schaeffer Center expert Mireille Jacobson co-authored an op-ed in STAT examining why hospitals and health systems are not investing in palliative care despite research showing this type of therapy substantially improves outcomes for patients with serious illness.
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Create a U.S. Institute of Health Technology Assessment to Preserve Innovation and Control Costs
Americans need affordable, accessible and innovative health care. An important first step that can be taken without risking heavy-handed intervention is for Congress to establish an independent Institute of Health Technology Assessment.
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Prepare Now to Overcome Resistance to COVID-19 Vaccinations
The lesson from past campaigns is that even good and safe vaccines need boosters, and not just the kind with needles. Psychology and behavioral science provide some key insights about how a public service campaign should be designed.
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