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The Demise of the CLASS Act and the Future of Long Term Care Insurance: A Conversation with Ms. Connie Garner (August 5, 2013)
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While the vast majority (70%) of people turning 65 will need long term care services for an average of three years, only 7 million American…
12 years, 10 months ago
Pharmaceutical Marketing Abuses: A Conversation With Dr. Adriane Fugh-Berman (July 10, 2013)
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Recently the French government fined Sanofi $53 million for what it called a smear campaign against a competitor drug manufacturer. Ranba…
12 years, 11 months ago
The Importance of Advanced Care Planning: A Conversation with Charlie Sabatino (June 28, 2013)
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The lowlight during the 2009-2010 ACA debate was Governor Palin's invention of "death panels" (PolitiFact's 2009 "Lie of the Year") in resp…
12 years, 11 months ago
Dr. William Rogers Discusses Providing Healthcare for the Homeless (June 12, 2013)
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The homeless of course suffer substantial health problems. The CDC estimates nearly half have one or more chronic health condition (e.g., …
13 years ago
The ACA and Hospital Consolidation: A Conversation with Dr. Paul Ginsburg (June 12, 2013)
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In 2009, or the year before the Affordable Care Act passed, the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (used by the FTC and the DoJ) defined hospital o…
13 years ago
Tim Jost Discusses State Health Insurance Exchanges (June 3, 2013)
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The centerpiece of the Affordable Care Act are the state health insurance exchanges where individuals beginning October 1st will be able to…
13 years ago
Christine Bechtel Discusses the State of Health Information Technology (HIT) Adoption and Use (May 28, 2013)
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The health care sector has substantially lagged all other major industries in the adoption and use of information technology. For example,…
13 years ago
Matt Hourihan Discusses the NIH Budget (May 23, 2013)
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After the doubling of the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) budget between 1998 and 2003, federal funding for medical research and more…
13 years ago
Dr. Brian Biles Discusses the Status of Medicare Advantage (May 6, 2013)
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Since the 1970s Medicare beneficiaries have had the option of receiving their Medicare benefits via private health insurance plans. Today …
13 years, 1 month ago
Joan Alker Discusses What's Known About the Quality of Care Provided by For-Profit Medicaid Managed Care Plans (April 18, 2013)
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It's estimated the Affordable Care Act will add another 16-17 million lives to the 60 million Americans already receiving Medicaid. Of the…
13 years, 1 month ago