Health Insurance Outlook, Part 2
The Alliance for Health Reform’s health insurance policy forum resumed for two additional panels. The first featured policy experts who talked about the challenges facing Medicaid and how be…
338 viewsThe Alliance for Health Reform’s health insurance policy forum resumed for two additional panels. The first featured policy experts who talked about the challenges facing Medicaid and how be…
338 viewsPanelists spoke about the pros and cons of giving states more flexibility and power over Medicaid. Representative Brett Guthrie (R-KY) talked about Medicaid and the role of states in adminis…
264 viewsPanelists talked about the basics of the Affordable Care Act, its implementation, and legal challenges to some of the law’s provisions. . Specific topics addressed included Medicaid expansio…
604 viewsGovernment officials and seniors health care representatives talked about the need for a bipartisan solution to improve the financing and delivery of long-term health care. Long-term care ge…
516 viewsMembers heard from expert witnesses about legislative efforts to fix the sustainable growth rate (SGR), a formula used to determine Medicare payments to doctors.
598 viewsHealth policy experts from Maryland, Nevada, and Oregon talked about their the status of their states' health insurance exchanges, which were scheduled to begin taking enrollees come October…
246 viewsMedical and health policy experts talked about the impact of the Affordable Care Act on the Medicare Advantage program, a health plan offered by private companies that contract with Medicare…
272 viewsPanelists talked about the causes of rising health care costs. Topics included the cost of high-tech medical procedures, chronic disease, life style choices and high-cost patients. They resp…
605 viewsPanelists talked about the causes of rising health care costs. Topics included the cost of high-tech medical procedures, chronic disease, life style choices and high-cost patients. They resp…
442 viewsParticipants talked about affordable health coverage for the uninsured, strategies to control the growth in health care spending, and delivery system reforms. They also spoke about provision…
277 viewsDianne Rowland spoke about the demographics of the uninsured population in the United States, the growth of those uninsured, and how various proposals for health care reform could affect the…
127 viewsThis was the second in a series of roundtable hearings intended to bring health care policy and industry experts together to inform the development of comprehensive health care reform legisl…
956 viewsA panel discussed the successes and concerns about the health care reform plan being implemented by Massachusetts. Topics included the greater than expected enrollment that led to a budget s…
264 viewsOmnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) 1987, also known as the Federal Nursing Home Reform Act, was passed 20 years prior to this panel discussion. The panelists talked about the history, …
273 viewsWitnesses testified about continuing concerns and immediate needs for health care in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina.
645 viewsThe Kaiser Family Foundation sponsored a panel discussion on the health care agenda for the 110th Congress. The panelists talked about the parties that they represented and answered question…
112 viewsA panel discussion was held on uninsured Americans. The economic and demographic factors of the uninsured and other trends in health insurance were discussed.
68 viewsPanelists talked about a health care initiative approved April 4, 2006, by the Massachusetts legislature. Among the topics they addressed were the issues that prompted action by the state, t…
80 viewsStaff members representing three committees talked about health care issues that will be on the 109th Congress’s agenda. Topics included Medicare, Medicaid reform, children’s health, private…
73 viewsThe Kaiser Family Foundation hosted a news conference and talked about the results of their study of "Out-of-Pocket Medicare Prescription Drug Costs".
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