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Nicole Cafarella is the Payment Reform Project Manager and Policy Analyst at American Progress. Prior to joining American Progress, Nicole worked as a manager at Avalere Health where she focused on post-acute and long-term care issues.
Nicole began her career working in the Massachusetts House of Representatives as a health policy analyst. She also interned in the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the Office of Management and Budget, where she worked on education and Medicaid issues. She received a Bachelor of Arts from Colgate University and a Master of Public Policy from the Georgetown Public Policy Institute.
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.
Nicole Cafarella examines the benefits of cost-containment initiatives supported by the Affordable Care Act.
House Republicans are falsely claiming that under their budget Medicare beneficiaries would get health insurance the same way as members of Congress, write Tony Carrk and Nicole Cafarella.
Nicole Cafarella and Tony Carrk debunk many of the myths opponents propagate regarding Massachusetts’s experience with health care reform.
Judy Feder and Nicole Cafarella question conservative efforts to gut this key piece of comprehensive health care reform.
Nicole Cafarella and Karen Davenport examine the cost-reduction priorities that the Obama administration and House Republicans unveiled this week.