Tag: healthcare policy

OMB: Growth in Medicare, Medicaid Spending to Decrease over Next Decade

If one assumes that news of cuts in reimbursements of the two…

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PPACA: 2 or 3 Possible End Games

Ezra Klein’s Washington Post column reports three possible outcomes for the Patient…

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Why It’s So Hard to Control Medicaid Spending

This is Avik Roy, writing at Forbes about the Medicaid program in…

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Why It’s So Hard to Control Medicaid Spending

This is Avik Roy, writing at Forbes about the Medicaid program in…

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COBRA Subsidy Ends: Did It Make a Difference?

From Sarah Kliff, writing at Ezra Klein’s blog: From Sarah Kliff, writing…

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Do Republican Presidential Candidates Have any Good Ideas on Health Care?

Republicans have done a good job attacking the Patient Protection and Affordable…

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Can Medicare be Cut Without Harming Patients?

Yes, according to former White House advisors, Zeke Emanuel and Jeff Liebman:…

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Krugman, Ezra: Wrong About Texas Health Care

Texas has the highest percent of its population uninsured of any state…

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How Much do Financial Incentives Matter to Physicians?

In this experiment, medical students were paid under fee-for-service and capitated payment…

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Hospital Reporting of Surgical-Site Infection Rates

California hospitals are required to report surgical-site infection rates for 26 procedures…

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