Recent Health Policy Briefs
To slow growing costs and finance expanded coverage, the ACA imposes an excise tax on high-cost health plans to take effect in 2018. SEPTEMBER 12, 2013
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Health Gaps
Among different populations across the United States, substantial disparities in health and health care persist. AUGUST 15, 2013
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Premium Tax Credits
Low- and middle-income individuals and families will be eligible for federal subsidies to purchase insurance through the new exchanges. AUGUST 1, 2013
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Health Insurance Exchanges and State Decisions
Exchanges must be ready to begin enrolling people by October 2013. How is each state preparing? JULY 18, 2013
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Restructuring Medicare
To reduce federal spending, advance entitlement reform, and simplify benefits, policy makers have proposed redesigning Medicare cost sharing. JUNE 20, 2013
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Premium Assistance in Medicaid
States have proposed using expansion funds to buy private coverage for Medicaid beneficiaries through the new health insurance exchanges. JUNE 6, 2013
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Workplace Wellness Programs (Updated)
EDITOR'S NOTE: An earlier brief was published December 4, 2012.
New draft rules elaborate on Affordable Care Act provisions expanding employers' ability to spur workers to improve their health. MAY 16, 2013
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Nurse Practitioners and Primary Care (Updated)
EDITOR'S NOTE: An earlier brief was published October 25, 2012.
Federal and state laws and other policies limit how these professionals can help meet the growing need for primary care. MAY 15, 2013
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- Entry Point - Food And Farm Policy
- Employer Coverage's Future
- Many Might Opt For The Exchanges
- How Families Could Forfeit Subsidies
- Medicaid Expansion And The Homeless
- Wide Payment Shifts On Office Visits
- The Cost Of Overtriage
- German Hospitals Improved Mortality Rates
- Better Dental Care For Massachusetts' Poor
- Improving Food Marketing To Children
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- Part Of The Solution: Next Steps In Medication Adherence Policy 04 Oct 2013
- Reminder: Health Affairs October Issue Briefing 03 Oct 2013
- The Latest Health Wonk Review 02 Oct 2013
- CBO’s Long-Term Budget Projections: The Outlook Is Even Worse Than It Looks 02 Oct 2013
- How Will Federal Medicaid Payments To States In 2015 Be Affected By New Personal Income Data? 01 Oct 2013
- How Do You Keep School-Age Children Healthy? Report from a Health Policy Forum 03 Oct 2013
- Getting the Word Out about New York State’s Health Plan Marketplace: One Foundation’s Experience 02 Oct 2013
- MacArthur Genius Grant Recipients Include One Coordinating Care for Complex Patients; Another Confronting Chronic Illnesses in Botswana 27 Sep 2013
- Support across Party Lines for Expanding Services of Nurse Practitioners to Patients: One Finding of TCWF-Field Health Policy Poll 19 Sep 2013
- Four Foundation Leaders Make 100 Most Influential in Healthcare List in Modern Healthcare 17 Sep 2013
- "Health Spending Projections Through 2022" Event September 18, 2013
- The Outlook For Health Spending: The CMS 2012-2022 Projections September 18, 2013
- New study shows some people would be better with government health plan than one from employers September 11, 2013
- Ann E. Yurcek-"Against All Odds: How A Medicaid Waiver Brought Our Critically Ill Daughter Home" Narrative Matters September 09, 2013
- Health Reform Implementation: August 2013 Update August 06, 2013
- Health Spending Projections Through 2022 September 18, 2013
- Health Information Technology Adoption And Use July 09, 2013
- The 'Triple Aim' Goes Global April 11, 2013
- New Era Of Patient Engagement February 06, 2013
- Will Employers Drop Health Insurance Coverage Because Of The Affordable Care Act?
- Annual Medical Spending Attributable To Obesity: Payer-And Service-Specific Estimates
- National Health Expenditure Projections, 2012-22: Slow Growth Until Coverage Expands And Economy Improves
- The Triple Aim: Care, Health, And Cost
- Small Increases To Employer Premiums Could Shift Millions Of People To The Exchanges And Add Billions To Federal Outlays
- Will Employers Drop Health Insurance Coverage Because Of The Affordable Care Act?
- Annual Medical Spending Attributable To Obesity: Payer-And Service-Specific Estimates
- Small Increases To Employer Premiums Could Shift Millions Of People To The Exchanges And Add Billions To Federal Outlays
- The Triple Aim: Care, Health, And Cost
- Hospital Electronic Health Information Exchange Grew Substantially In 2008-12