Health Policy Updates: February 14 2015
Recently, 3 Republican senators put forward the latest plan under the “alternative to Obamacare” banner. As any health care plan is ridiculously complex, it is good to have clear summary of the main...
View ArticleHealth Policy Updates: May 9 2015
First, an FYI this week: I will be giving Medicine Grand Rounds coming up pretty soon, on the morning of Friday the 22nd. I will be focusing mainly on Health Services research, but will also plan on...
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Having Cancer is Expensive, Even if You Have Medicare
So I have been trying to catch up on my health policy reading, including the April 2015 issue of Health Affairs, which focused on cost and quality in oncology. The following paper caught my eye: Stacie...
View ArticleCancer is bad for your wallet and that is bad for your health
There is increasing evidence on the adverse financial impacts of getting cancer. It is expensive, and patients end up feeling the pinch, even if they have insurance. This has come to be known as...
View ArticleHealth Policy Updates: July 12 2015
I’m confused. I reported a few weeks ago on data showing that premium increases for the ACA plans for the upcoming year were not actually going to be very high, as some earlier reports had scarily...
View ArticleHealth Policy Updates: October 3 2015
Recently, I’ve given some attention in this space to growing out-of-pocket costs to patients. This week, Health Affairs posted a great summary of the history of this trend. “Overall out-of-pocket...
View ArticleHealth Policy Updates: March 3 2016
Health care reform happened, in the form of the ACA/Obamacare, and a lot of people still can’t afford health care. Here are some thoughts on why, and what can be done going forward, in Health Affairs....
View ArticleHealth Policy Updates: May 14 2016
It was deja vu all over again, when a federal court judge laid down a ruling that (if it ultimately stands) would be a severe blow to the ACA/Obamacare. What was the legal question this time?...
View ArticleHealth Policy Updates: July 2 2016
This week, an update on the future of the federal budget and health care’s role in it. To summarize, health care spending is still a major problem. The federal government is going to add almost $1...
View ArticleHealth Policy Updates: December 3 2016
Health care journalist Sarah Kliff at Vox.com recently started a brand new (and yet to be named!) podcast. The first episode was out last week, and covers the politics of why the US has much high...
View ArticleHealth Policy Updates: December 3, 2017
It has not been a good week for US health care. This week the Senate passed “a health care bill disguised as a tax cut.” The result, argues Sarah Kliff, will be a sweeping change to many parts of the...
View ArticleHealth Policy Updates: May 9 2015
First, an FYI this week: I will be giving Medicine Grand Rounds coming up pretty soon, on the morning of Friday the 22nd. I will be focusing mainly on Health Services research, but will also plan on...
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