Policy and Legislation
Day two of hearings at the Supreme Court yesterday found the justices pressing the federal government's case by searching for analogies in a host of other industries -- ranging from burial services and telecommunications to food and emergency services -- in order to better understand the nature of the individual mandate.
With Medicare spending an estimated $12 billion on avoidable readmissions, according to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, two new programs are being introduced to help curb these costly, unneeded expenditures while improving patients’ quality of care.
The Supreme Court dove into the heart of the health reform law and its most controversial aspect, the individual mandate, during day two of hearings on the law.
With the U.S. Supreme Court hearing arguments on the constitutionality of the individual mandate, new analysis from the Urban Institute shows that the requirement for all people to have health insurance or face a fine, would not affect 94 percent of the population.
Barbara McNeil, MD, has spent a lifetime researching quality of care issues. Her work led the Department of Veterans Affairs to change how care is provided to veterans.
A new Harris Poll released today shows only a narrow gap between those who oppose the two-year-old health law (41 percent) and those who support it (36 percent). A sizable portion of people (23 percent) still are unsure if they support or oppose it, even as large numbers of respondents said they aren't sure what is and isn't in the law.
Following decades of public policy work, for the last seven years, economist Karen Davis has led one of the country's most high-profile foundations working to promote a top-notch healthcare system.
The ruling promises to produce historic change and uncertainty in how healthcare will be delivered and paid for in the future.
Financial incentives are often a reasonable way to evoke desired behavior change.
On March 26, the Obama administration's health care reform package goes to the U.S. Supreme Court, which has scheduled an historic three days of arguments. The outcome could have an enormous impact on AHIP and its members.