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  • 10 FAQs: Medicare’s Role in End-of-Life Care

    Fact Sheet

    About eight of 10 of the 2.6 million people who died in the US in 2014 were people on Medicare, making Medicare the largest insurer of health care provided during the last year of life. These Frequently Asked Questions explain Medicare’s role in or coverage of end-of-life care, advance care planning, advance directives, and hospice care. They also provide information on Medicare spending on end-of-life care, changes to the physician fee schedule, and how related issues arose prior to the passage of the Affordable Care Act.

  • FAQs on Health Spending, the Federal Budget, and Budget Enforcement Tools

    Issue Brief

    As some policymakers in Washington are pushing to reduce the federal deficit and debt, this brief provides a concise explanation of federal spending for domestic and global health programs and services, which could be part of any conversation about curbing federal spending. These FAQs answer basic questions about health spending and the federal budget and budget enforcement tools, including the debt limit and sequestration.

  • A Little-Noticed Win in Global HIV Treatment

    From Drew Altman

    This was published as a Wall Street Journal Think Tank column on Jul7 27, 2015. Many Americans are skeptical about foreign aid because they believe a large share of U.S. assistance is lost to corruption.

  • Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) Process: A Timeline

    Feature

    IPAB Timeline Download Source Kaiser Family Foundation, “The Independent Payment Advisory Board: A New Approach to Controlling Medicare Spending,” 2011, https://www.kff.org/health-reform/issue-brief/the-independent-payment-advisory-board-a-new/.

  • Key Implementers of U.S. Global Health Efforts

    Issue Brief

    This brief provides an overview of the implementing organizations that received U.S. global health funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in FY 2015.