During the next year of presidential campaigning, candidates’ positions on their support of or opposition to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will become shorthand for their health care policy. Ever since the ACA’s passage without any Republican votes in either… Read More ›
Month: October 2015
JAMA Forum: Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: Déjà Vu All Over Again?
Three decades ago, sensational magazine stories fueled fear of an epidemic of “crack babies.” A July 1986 Newsweek article called newborns of addicted mothers “heirs of America’s deadly romance with cocaine,” and noted “doctors can only guess at the scope”… Read More ›
JAMA Forum: Why the Ruckus Over the Cadillac Plan Tax?
A heated debate has emerged over the so-called Cadillac plan tax on workplace health benefits that exceed certain levels. The tax, scheduled to go into effect in 2018, is the last remaining piece of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to… Read More ›
JAMA Forum: We Need to Use Better Data to Measure Quality
For some time, there has been a push for health insurance to pay for quality and not quantity. This has been a mantra of the current administration as it has begun to alter Medicare payment reform to reflect this philosophy…. Read More ›