Get the latest on research, commentary and news from Health Affairs latest issue. February's issue includes: contraceptive coverage exemptions, experimenting on the health of the poor, and a Closer look at the UK's new minister of loneliness. Read more here. (Source: HealthAffairs Today, 2/5/18) […]
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Don't miss out on $30M in grant opportunities, a new value framework for diagnostics, a bipartisan bill to justify pharmaceutical price hikes and more! It's all in this weeks HealthEconomics.Com's weekly newsletter, available here. If you would like to receive our newsletter every week in your […]
How Would Physicians Choose to Replace the ACA?
Medscape recently kicked off a contest asking physicians, "How would you repeal or replace" the ACA? With over 600 submitting physicians, entries reflected different philosophies, themes and viewpoints, however, a notable percentage of physicians expressed support for single payer. Plans were judges […]
How Will the U.S. Health Act Repeal Affect Unemployment?
The health care industry has been adding jobs at more than 3 times the rate of the rest of the economy since 2007 and has played a big part in decreasing unemployment in the U.S., which is one of the reasons why so many Americans are concerned about this industry will be affected by the Health Act […]
House Passes AHCA – Will it Pass the Senate?
The House Republicans passed the American Health Care Act with a slim majority on Thursday. The bill gives states the option of returning to a pre-Obamacare individual insurance approach of medical underwriting and high-risk pools. Login required to read more. (Source: Modern Healthcare, 5/4/17) […]
The American Health Care Act – Why the Rush?
Everyone knows that Obamacare, or the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is full of problems, but why is Congress in such a rush to vote on a replacement? Thursday afternoon, the US House of Representatives will attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and replace it with the American Health Care Act […]
Stephen Parente Nominated as HHS Deputy Secretary
Stephen Parente was recently nominated to be HHS' assistant secretary of planning and evaluation, a principal advisor to HHS Secretary Dr. Tom Price. Parente has been outspoken about the ACA, even predicting it's collapse back in 2014. Read more here. (Source: Dave Barkholz, 4/10/17) […]
High-Risk Pools for Preexisting Conditions – How Quick We Forget!
Republicans are set on repealing the Affordable Care Act, but when it comes down to replacing the ACA, well, they kind of start to lose focus! Some members of the new administration and Congress are trying to push the idea of creating high-risk pools as a way to cover those with preexisting […]
Aetna to Leave Iowa ACA Exchange
At this point, it's anyone's guess as to what is going to happen to the American Affordable Car Act (ACA), and to a lot of people, that's scary! Millions of Americans and their families could potentially lose their health coverage. The Republican plans to repeal and replace couldn't get enough […]
Pence Refuses to Pull the Plug on Trumpcare
Vice President Mike Pence is refusing to drop the effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and hopes to put forth a new bill in the coming week. However, even after seven years of repeal and replace promises, Republican leaders still haven't been able to put together a coherent […]
