Top Features
“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.
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.
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.
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.
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
February 8, 2012
The Case for the Individual Mandate in Health Care Reform
If we want to solve the problems that have plagued the health care system for years, but continue to rely on private health insurance markets, then the most effective solution involves an individual mandate, write Neera Tanden and Topher Spiro.
February 7, 2012
Giving Visibility to Gay and Transgender Health Care
CAP’s Jeff Krehely and Kellan Baker interview Brad Clark, Executive Director of One Colorado, about One Colorado’s report on gay and transgender health care in the Centennial State and its national implications.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
December 1, 2011