New From Health Affairs
New Issue February 2012
The Future Of The Small Business Insurance Exchange
Health Reform
Potential and Pitfalls of Small Business Exchanges
NARRATIVE MATTERS
Gravely Ill Patient Outlives Eligibility for Hospice Benefits
HEALTH POLICY BRIEF
Small Business Insurance Exchanges
Recent Issue January 2012
Confronting The Growing Diabetes Crisis
- January 25, 2012Web First
Update On Massachusetts Health Reforms
- Respondents to a 2010 survey reported fewer emergency department visits, improvements in health status and a greater likelihood of having health insurance coverage.
- January 18, 2012Web First
Boosting Health Literacy
- Tens of millions of Americans have limited health literacy, posing major challenges for the delivery of high-quality care. Three 2010 federal initiatives are now addressing the problem.
- February 10, 2012CONSUMER INFORMATION
New Rules Promote Health Plan Transparency
- Health Affairs Blog analyzes final rules requiring health plans to provide consumers with an easy-to-understand short summary of what a policy covers, what's excluded, and what cost-sharing it requires.
- February 07, 2012HEALTH REFORM LITIGATION
Analyzing The States' Supreme Court Briefs
- The states challenging the Affordable Care Act have filed briefs saying that the law's Medicaid expansion and minimum coverage requirement are unconstitutional. Timothy Jost analyzes the states' arguments.
- February 03, 2012HEALTH SPENDING
What Is "Sustainable" Health Spending?
- By looking at factors such as tax rates the public can accept and the amount of nonhealth spending it will demand, Charles Roehrig explores how much health spending the country can sustain.
Small Business Insurance Exchanges
- States must form new marketplaces aimed at helping small companies buy coverage more easily and cheaply.February 09, 2012
Next Steps for ACOs
- Will this new approach to health care delivery live up to the dual promises of reducing costs and improving quality of care?January 31, 2012
Gravely Ill Patient Outlives Eligibility for Hospice Benefits
A former home hospice medical director recalls the story of one elderly patient discharged from hospice-and calls for a new approach to better serve those with advanced illnesses.
Recording on iTunes U
- This week's free recording is a complete record of Health Affairs' January briefing, "Confronting the Growing Diabetes Crisis." It took place in Washington, DC on January 10.
Current Issue
- From the Editor-in-Chief
- Entry Point: Deepening Drug Shortages
- Small Business Health Options Program
- Challenge of Meeting Businesses' Needs
- Features Could Attract Small Business
- Design Choices and Their Effects
- Will Large Employers Play?
- Adjusting for Risk Selection
- Regulating Stop-Loss Coverage
- Self-Insurance and Grandfathered Plans
- Colorado: Moving Forward on Exchanges
- Interview: A Payer Spurs Delivery Reform
- Transforming the Mental Health System
- Physicians Not Always Open with Patients
- Regulating Food Advertising to Children
- Downsizing Fast-Food Portions
- The Care Span: Medicare Savings Programs
- GrantWatch: Helping States with Exchanges
- View Table of Contents »
- New Transparency Rules For Health Plans: A Huge Win For Consumers 10 Feb 2012
- Implementing Health Reform: The Summary Of Benefits And Coverage 09 Feb 2012
- Small Business Health Insurance Exchanges: Potential And Pitfalls 09 Feb 2012
- New Health Affairs: Some Physicians Not Always Honest With Patients 08 Feb 2012
- The ACA Supreme Court Litigation: The States’ Medicaid And Minimum Coverage Briefs 07 Feb 2012
- Philanthropy People Post: Foundation Folks on the Move 10 Feb 2012
- New In the Journal: How Foundations Are Helping States Implement Health Insurance Exchanges 09 Feb 2012
- Round-up of Foundation Blog Posts: Neglected Diseases, Health Reform, Wellness, and More 03 Feb 2012
- Why a California Foundation Filed an Amicus Brief with the U.S. Supreme Court 01 Feb 2012
- Foundation News: Funding Priority Changes; Health Policy Jobs Open; Gates Foundation Discussion Held 27 Jan 2012
- Hunter Groninger - "A Gravely Ill Patient Faces The Grim Results Of Outliving Her Eligibility For Hospice Benefits" Narrative Matters February 08, 2012
- Tax on sugary drinks? - WTOP Interview February 01, 2012
- Abraham Verghese - "A Touch Of Sense" Narrative Matters January 18, 2012
- Confronting the Growing Diabetes Crisis Event January 10, 2012
- Growth In US Health Spending 2010 Event January 09, 2012
- Confronting the Growing Diabetes Crisis January 10, 2012
- Growth In US Health Spending 2010 January 09, 2012
- Linking Community Development and Health Issue Briefing November 08, 2011
- US Physician Practices Versus Canadians: Spending Nearly Four Times As Much Money Interacting With Payers
- Can Electronic Medical Record Systems Transform Health Care? Potential Health Benefits, Savings, And Costs
- National Health Spending Projections Through 2020: Economic Recovery And Reform Drive Faster Spending Growth
- The Triple Aim: Care, Health, And Cost
- Health Spending In OECD Countries: Obtaining Value Per Dollar
- US Physician Practices Versus Canadians: Spending Nearly Four Times As Much Money Interacting With Payers
- National Health Spending Projections Through 2020: Economic Recovery And Reform Drive Faster Spending Growth
- Hospice And The ‘End Game’
- The Looming Expansion And Transformation Of Public Substance Abuse Treatment Under The Affordable Care Act
- Can Electronic Medical Record Systems Transform Health Care? Potential Health Benefits, Savings, And Costs
- Proportion Of Antidepressants Prescribed Without A Psychiatric Diagnosis Is Growing
- US Physician Practices Versus Canadians: Spending Nearly Four Times As Much Money Interacting With Payers
- National Health Spending Projections Through 2020: Economic Recovery And Reform Drive Faster Spending Growth
- National Health Spending Projections Through 2020: Economic Recovery And Reform Drive Faster Spending Growth
- The Looming Expansion And Transformation Of Public Substance Abuse Treatment Under The Affordable Care Act