Much ink has been spilled over the new health insurance marketplaces created under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), from the failed initial launch of healthcare.gov last fall, to the surge in enrollment in the spring, to the debate over how… Read More ›
When the Supreme Court narrowly upheld the individual health insurance mandate in National Federation of Independent Business v Sebelius (2012), the future of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) appeared secure. However, the case opened the door to 22 states refusing… Read More ›
The headline of a mid-September op-ed in The Wall Street Journal by Kenneth Davis, MD, CEO and president of Mount Sinai Health System in New York City, trumpeted a familiar claim: “Hospital Mergers Can Lower Costs and Improve Medical Care.”… Read More ›
The Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council convened a workshop earlier this week in Washington, DC, to set research priorities for domestic Ebola disease, but the outbreak in West Africa—and the answers it could provide—permeated the proceedings. “There’s… Read More ›
Although Ebola has consumed the health care headlines of late, US consumers are worried about more than this dangerous viral disease. The cost and quality of medical care remain paramount in people’s minds. In September, between dealing with Ebola and… Read More ›
