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Why Bernie Sanders’s Plan for Universal Health Care is Only Half Right
Every American should automatically get health insurance, but Medicare for all isn’t the correct path towards that goal.
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A Billion Here, a Billion There: Selectively Disclosing Actual Generic Drug Prices Would Save Real Money
Opportunities exist to lower spending on generic drugs—and reduce total health care spending.
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The Essential Scan: Top Findings in Health Policy Research | Edition 23
What’s the latest in health policy research? The Essential Scan, produced by the Schaeffer Initiative for Innovation in Health Policy, aims to help keep you informed on the latest research and what it means for policymakers.
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Innovative Drugs Deserve Innovative Pricing
For the first time, CMS agreed to a payment plan which is dependent on whether the drug actually produces a benefit to the patient. Novartis will get paid $475,000 only if patients respond to the drug by the end of the first month of therapy.
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Trends in the Prevalence of Cognitive Impairment and Dementia among Older Latino Adults.
Given the demographic changes occurring in the US, understanding the health problems that are affecting older Latinos is of increasing importance.
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Three Federal Actions That May Address Surprise Bills
Schaeffer Initiative researchers explain the details of each action, and discuss the merits, risks, and limitations of these reforms.
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Turmoil in the Individual Insurance Market—Where It Came From and How to Fix It
The ACA’s individual market structure—though not perfect—is sound and has succeeded in greatly expanding coverage.
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Is Investing in Research to Delay Aging of Value Today?
The time is ripe for a new frontier in medicine.
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How Would the Revised Senate Health Care Bill Affect Individual Market Premiums in 2026 and Over the Long Run?
We find that the current population of individual market enrollees would pay more for the same level of coverage under the BCRA than under current law, before accounting for any premium tax credits for which individuals may be eligible.
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Requirement to Maintain a “Single Risk Pool” Would not Contain Effects of Cruz’s Proposal
The Cruz amendment would put significant upward pressure on premiums for ACA-compliant plans, shifting costs toward sicker individual market enrollees and the federal government.
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