13.07.2017 06.27 CDT
Senate Republicans have released a revised version of their health care proposal. The Senate version is substantially similar to the bill released by the Senate Republicans in June, but with a handful of changes intended to win support from key Republican holdouts.
Senate Revises Health Care Bill
The much-anticipated revision of the Republican Senate health care proposal has arrived.
Senate Republicans have released their revised proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. The revised proposal makes a handful of significant changes to the Senate proposal released in June.
29.06.2017 12.43 CDT
Proposals to repeal and replace the ACA contain many provisions to shift health care costs. Unfortunately, they do not do enough to actually reduce costs.
Don’t Confuse Cost Shifting with Cost Savings
Legislative Efforts to Repeal ACA Do Not Reduce Health Care Costs
The Congressional proposals to replace the Affordable Care Act create winners and losers - and may reduce insurance premiums for some of these winners. But shifting costs around does not really reduce national health care costs. This represents a missed opportunity – there are things Congress could do to that might actually lower costs.
22.06.2017 06.16 CDT
Senate Republicans have released their proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. The proposal reflects a number of choices made by the Senators – over which provisions of ACA to repeal, which provisions to retain, and how to delegate more responsibility for controversial actions to individual states.
Senate Republicans have released their proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. The bill, named “The Better Care Reconciliation Act,” repeals many provisions of the ACA - especially tax provisions contained in the ACA. The bill also makes significant changes to the non-tax provisions of the ACA. In addition to the changes actually contained in the bill, the BCRA delegates tremendous autonomy to the states to eliminate many other feature of the ACA.
01.05.2017 12.47 CDT
Telemedicine helps reduce health care costs and improve outcomes – and could do more if regulators let it.
Telemedicine: Poised for Takeoff or Frustration?
For individuals who cannot travel or live in remote areas, telehealth can provide critical evaluation and condition management support.
Telemedicine - which includes a variety of electronic media to provide medical services and monitor patients with certain chronic conditions – holds much promise for reducing costs and improving outcomes. What are the obstacles to achieving even greater results?