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Stuart M. Butler, PhD, is a Senior Fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC.
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JAMA Forum: Will State Waivers Save, Reform, or Sabotage Obamacare?
In late November, the Trump administration’s Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) provided new details (or “concepts”) to states on how they can use a provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), known as Section 1332. This guidance followed… Read More ›
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JAMA Forum: How “Wrong Pockets” Hurt Health
Every month about 30 researchers, policy makers, and practitioners from 4 different sectors—health, education, housing, and social services—meet at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC. We discuss policy reforms that would boost collaboration between sectors to improve the health of… Read More ›
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JAMA Forum: Housing as a Step to Better Health
JAMA Forum: Housing as a Step to Better Health The medical profession now broadly recognizes that there is much more to good health than having affordable access to excellent medical care. In particular, housing difficulties are seen as comprising an… Read More ›
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JAMA Forum: Don’t Let Budget Cuts Wreck Medicare Reform
Congressional House leaders plan legislation this year to tackle deficits by curbing entitlements, just weeks after digging a deeper deficit hole with a tax plan that will add an estimated $1.5 trillion to the national debt over the next 10… Read More ›
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JAMA Forum: Building Blocks for Addressing Social Determinants of Health
Our health care system is waking up to the fact that the health of individuals and families does not depend solely on good coverage and good medical care; it also requires us to address social and other factors that are… Read More ›
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JAMA Forum: State Flexibility for Medicaid: How Much?
President Trump’s budget proposal and the recent House health legislation included substantial reductions in Medicaid. Understandably, those cuts have focused attention on the potential effect on coverage for lower-income individuals. But there’s another important and related conversation that needs attention:… Read More ›
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JAMA Forum: Why Replacing the ACA Has Republicans in a Tizzy
Recently, President Trump correctly described health care policy making as “unbelievably complex”—although his comment that “nobody knew that” must have been a surprise to the many analysts and lawmakers who for decades have worked on health care reform. Health care… Read More ›
