JAMA Forum: Hard Questions on Health Care
"Hard Questions on Health Care," Larry Levitt's October 2012 post on The JAMA Forum, is now available online.
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How Small Business Owners Get Health Insurance
PerspectiveAs with any economic policy issue, there has been much discussion of how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will affect small businesses. But, there’s been very little focus on how the health reform law will affect the owners of those businesses as people.
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How the ACA Changes Pathways to Insurance Coverage for People with HIV
PerspectiveThere are multiple sources of insurance coverage and care for people with HIV in the United States. These include public programs, such as Medicaid and Medicare, and the Ryan White HIV/AIDS program, as well as private coverage through an employer or in the individual market.
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JAMA Forum: What Is Health Care Cost Containment?
Perspective"What Is Health Care Cost Containment?" Larry Levitt's September 2012 contribution to The JAMA Forum, is now available online.
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August Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: A Look At The GOP As The Republican Convention Draws Near
PerspectiveDespite the ongoing focus on Republican opposition to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the latest Kaiser Health Tracking Poll finds that the ACA is not the top health care priority among Republicans.
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Transparency and Complexity
PerspectiveThis fall a new rule takes effect requiring all private health plans to offer a uniform, simple to read, summary of benefits and coverage (SBC). The SBC will provide consumers with standardized information about how plans cover essential health benefits and what coverage limits and cost sharing applies.
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JAMA Forum: The Middle Class Tax Break Hardly Anyone Is Talking About
Perspective"The Middle Class Tax Break Hardly Anyone Is Talking About," Larry Levitt's August 2012 post for The JAMA Forum, is now available online.
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July Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: A Focus On The Mandate and the Medicaid Expansion in the Aftermath of the Supreme Court Decision
PerspectiveThis second July poll reports in further depth on public opinion about the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in the wake of the Supreme Court decision.
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Kaiser Poll: Early Reaction to Supreme Court Decision on ACA
PerspectiveFollowing last week's Supreme Court's decision upholding the heart of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a majority of Americans (56 percent) now say they would like to see the law's detractors stop their efforts to block its implementation and move on to other national problems.
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JAMA Forum: After Supreme Court Ruling on the Health Care Law, Focus Turns to the States … and November
Perspective"After Supreme Court Ruling on the Health Care Law, Focus Turns to the States … and November," Larry Levitt's June 2012 post for The JAMA Forum, is now online.