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“Bundling” Payment for Episodes of Hospital Care

Harriet L. Komisar, Judy Feder, and Paul B. Ginsburg offer guidance for designing a pilot program for bundling Medicare payments.
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SHOPping Around

Terry Gardiner and Isabel Perera provide a roadmap for states, policymakers, health reform advocates, and small-business leaders as they begin to create SHOP exchanges.
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What’s Driving up the Cost of Medicare?

Even with efficiencies that slow Medicare cost growth, taking care of a substantially larger older population will simply require spending more, write Judy Feder and Nicole Cafarella.
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Better Health Means Better Business

Isabel Perera and Lesley Russell explain how minority small business owners, their employees, and their families will benefit from the Affordable Care Act.
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Quality Health Care Delivered Effectively and Efficiently

Nicole Cafarella examines the benefits of cost-containment initiatives supported by the Affordable Care Act.

Other Health Care Features

January 30, 2012

Comments on Essential Health Benefits

The Center for American Progress's comments on the Essential Health Benefits Bulletin released by the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight on December 16, 2011.
January 20, 2012

Religious Liberty Gets A Little Stronger

The Obama administration did the right thing by requiring most employers to provide no-cost contraceptive coverage as part of the Affordable Care Act, writes Sally Steenland. By Sally Steenland
January 17, 2012

How Much Do You Know About Health Reform?

Jonathan Gruber asks you to test your knowledge with this interactive quiz on the Affordable Care Act. By Jonathan Gruber
January 17, 2012

Video: Illustrating the Success of Health Care Reform

Jonathan Gruber, MIT economist and former special advisor to the president on health care, explains the benefits of reform and why the individual mandate is necessary. By Jonathan Gruber
January 17, 2012

The Affordable Care Act Is Already a Success

While the Affordable Care Act's provisions will continue to be implemented through 2016, its reforms are already benefiting millions of Americans in important ways.
December 16, 2011

The Inherent Flaws in Medicare Premium Support

Close examination of recent proposals to restructure Medicare by providing premium support or vouchers reveals fundamental flaws, writes Topher Spiro. By Topher Spiro
December 6, 2011

Solving Climate Change Will Help Temper Rising Health Care Costs

As delegates from 194 parties meet in Durban, South Africa, for the annual U.N. climate change conference, they should take note of the recent evidence linking climate change and public health. By Lauren Simenauer
December 1, 2011

Issue Pulse: Imagining a World Without AIDS

Reactions to a recent speech by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and a U.S. conference on AIDS reveal a consensus that we’ve made progress fighting the disease but there’s more work to do.
December 1, 2011

World AIDS Day 2011

The disease remains an epidemic and a pressing problem for the United States and the world.
November 18, 2011

Super Committee Cuts Could Lead to Worse Health for Gay and Transgender Americans

Kellan Baker and Zach Britt argue that the committee needs to take a balanced approach to deficit reduction to avoid exacerbating health disparities in gay and transgender communities. By Kellan Baker, Zach Britt

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