Pulling it Together: An Actuarial Rorschach Test
Drew Altman, Larry Levitt, Gary Claxton My colleagues have worked on this column with me and I invited them to join me as authors.
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The High and Rising Costs Of Health Care: What Can Be Done?
Event Date:EventThe Alliance for Health Reform, the Kaiser Family Foundation, and several cosponsors held the final event in a three-part series of discussions on costs, the factors driving them up and what (if anything) can be done about them.
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Medicare and the President’s Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Proposal
Fact SheetMedicare and the President's Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Proposal This fact sheet summarizes key Medicare-related provisions in the Bush Administration's fiscal year 2009 budget proposal, as well as additional legislation that responds to the Medicare Trustees' "Medicare Funding Warning." Fact Sheet (.
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Health Care and the 2004 Elections: Medicare Coverage and Financing
Issue BriefMedicare Coverage and Financing Download a printable .pdf of Health Care and the 2004 Elections: Medicare Coverage and Financing. IssueBackgroundPolicy Challenges Facing MedicareAssessing Candidate PositionsIssue The Medicare program is a valuable source of health insurance coverage for more than 41 million Americans.
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International Assistance for HIV/AIDS and Global Health in the Developing World
Other PostInternational Assistance for Global Health and HIV/AIDS in the Developing World The Foundation produces two separate annual reports that help to track funding from the G8, European Commission and other donor governments who collectively provide the bulk of international assistance for global health priorities, including HIV/AIDS, through bilateral programs and contributions to multilateral organizations, including…
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More Than Meets the Eye: Long-Term Care Provisions in the New Reform Law
Event Date:EventIn the debates around the health reform law and its implementation, little attention has been given to the law's provisions supporting long-term care.
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Pulling It Together: Bono, Jon Stewart and the HIV/AIDS Message
PerspectiveOne of the most interesting conversations on a health topic happened recently on The Daily Show between Bono and Jon Stewart.
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House Appropriations Committee Approves FY21 State and Foreign Operations (SFOPs) Appropriations Bill
Fact SheetUPDATED: The House Committee on Appropriations approved the FY 2021 State & Foreign Operations (SFOPs) appropriations bill (and accompanying report) on July 9, 2020 (a draft version of the bill was released on July 6 and the accompanying report was released on July 8).
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How Much Fiscal Relief Can States Expect From the Temporary Increase in the Medicaid FMAP?
Issue BriefThis brief examines how much fiscal relief states can expect from the increase in the Medicaid FMAP under FFCRA under different assumptions about the duration of the relief, how the FMAP increase provides broad fiscal relief to states and the factors that affect how much relief is available across states.
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Distribution of CARES Act Funding Among Hospitals
Issue BriefThis brief analyzes the distribution of $50 billion in CARES Act funding for providers and shows that the distribution formula selected by the Department of Health and Human Services favored hospitals with a relatively high share of revenue from private insurance. Hospitals that see a smaller share of patients with private insurance and instead see more patients with Medicare or Medicaid received less funding per hospital bed.