How health care reform changes employers’ incentives to offer coverage
The extent to which employers will stop offering health insurance in and after 2014 is an important issue that has been a common topic of debate among academics and pundits. The Affordable Care Act's...
View ArticleA math problem for accountable care organizations
By federal rules, an organization must serve at least 5,000 beneficiaries to be a Medicare ACO. Why? One reason is that the bonuses for which cost-saving ACOs would be eligible are contingent on...
View ArticleHealth care news from Africa: Thumbs up for Bush, down for pharma
A recent look at health care in Africa highlights two important pieces of information — one positive that has already saved millions of lives, the second unfortunately negative and a symptom of how...
View ArticleResearch prevailed in a long-standing policy debate on food and health
The FDA responded to solid research demonstrating that sugar increases the risk of developing chronic conditions, such as diabetes and heart disease, which is the first step to creating good health...
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