A Snapshot of Cancer Spending and Outcomes
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Visualizing Health Policy: A Snapshot of Cancer Spending and Outcomes
Other PostThis Visualizing Health Policy infographic provides details on cancer spending and outcomes in the United States. The U.S. cancer mortality rate, 203 deaths per 100,000 population, was slightly lower than in comparable countries in 2010. Among cancers, lung cancer is the largest contributor to disease burden for both men and women. The United States spent $124 billion to treat cancer in 2012, which accounted for about 7% of the nation’s disease-based health expenditures. However, growth…
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Visualizing Health Policy: A Snapshot of Cancer Spending and Outcomes
News ReleaseThis Visualizing Health Policy infographic provides details on cancer spending and outcomes in the United States. The U.S. cancer mortality rate, 203 deaths per 100,000 population, was slightly lower than in comparable countries in 2010. Among cancers, lung cancer is the largest contributor to disease burden for both men and women. The United States spent $124 billion to treat cancer in 2012, which accounted for about 7% of the nation’s disease-based health expenditures. However, growth…
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Questions to Ask About the House Republican Health Reform Proposal
From Drew AltmanIn this column for The Wall Street Journal's Think Tank, Drew Altman discusses the critical issues to look for and questions to ask about the U.S. House task force health reform outline due out this week.
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The Fundamentally Different Goals of the Affordable Care Act and Republican Replacement Plans
From Drew AltmanDrew Altman discusses Republican and Democratic health reform objectives, and why GOP proposals and the Affordable Care Act are better understood as policies with very different goals, trade-offs and consequences.
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Why Today’s Poll Numbers on Health Proposals Are Bound to Change
From Drew AltmanDrew Altman discusses how public opinion can change as health proposals move from the idea stage to real legislative debates in this Wall Street Journal Think Tank column.
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People in ACA Marketplaces Who Say They Benefited or Were Negatively Affected By ACA
FeaturePeople in ACA Marketplaces Who Say They Benefited or Were Negatively Affected By ACA Download Source Analysis of Kaiser Family Foundation Survey of Non-Group Health Insurance Enrollees, Wave 3 (Feb. 9-Mar. 31, 2016) Related: Column/Op-Ed: Partisanship’s Grip On The Affordable Care Act Survey of Non-Group Health Insurance Enrollees Early Release Methodology
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Partisanship’s Grip On The Affordable Care Act
From Drew AltmanIn this Wall Street Journal's Think Tank column Drew Altman analyzes data from an upcoming Kaiser poll and discusses how partisanship is the dominant factor shaping views of the Affordable Care Act for Republicans and Democrats enrolled in marketplace plans.
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Clinton-Sanders Contest Fuels Democratic Support for Expanding Obamacare
News ReleaseIn his latest column for The Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank, Drew Altman discusses how the debate between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders about how to get to universal coverage has generated more support among Democrats for expanding the Affordable Care Act (and less support for the law as is).
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Clinton-Sanders Contest Fuels Democratic Support for Expanding Obamacare
From Drew AltmanIn this column for The Wall Street Journal's Think Tank, Drew Altman discusses how the debate between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders about how to get to universal coverage has generated more support among Democrats for expanding the Affordable Care Act (and less support for the law as is).