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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…

Panelists 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…

Medical 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…

Panelists 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…

Panelists 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…

Participants 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…

A 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…

Omnibus 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,…

A panel discussion was held on uninsured Americans. The economic and demographic factors of the uninsured and other trends in health insurance were discussed.

Panelists 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,…

Staff 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,…

The Alliance for Health Reform hosted an event about Medicare and low-income beneficiaries. Participants talked about recently enacted Medicare reform legislation and providing prescription…

The panelists talked about Medicare, focusing on the future of the Medicare program, how it operates, and how it might be reformed. Following prepared remarks, they responded to questions…