Health Reform

U.S. Budget Implications: What If the Massachusetts Health Spending Goal Was Applied Nationally? Goal of GDP+0 Revisited

Marijka Lischak — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 10:00:35 +0000

Charles Roehrig, Ph.D.

Vice President and Director, Altarum Center for Sustainable Health Spending

On July 24, our Center held a symposium in Washington, D.C., titled Sustainable Health Spending and the U.S. Federal Budget (full video here).

Considering Medicaid Expansion: Competing for a Slice of the Pie

Marijka Lischak — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 10:00:00 +0000

Holly Korda, Ph.D.

Deputy Director for Strategy and Growth, Altarum Institute

Erik Tollefson

Policy Associate, Altarum Center for Policy and Research Translation

Since the Supreme Court’s decision on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) allowing states to opt out of the Medicaid expansion, many states confront a difficult question: In a time of limited resources and escalating health care costs, how much of a state’s budget should be allocated to it

In the Wake of the Supreme Court Decision: Health Care Cost Reduction Strategies

Marijka Lischak — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 10:00:00 +0000

Taylor Walsh

Principal, Integrative Health & Wellness Strategies

The all-permeating factor at the center of discussions after the Supreme Court's decision on the Affordable Care Act is the unchecked growth of the cost of care.

Playful, Active and Healthy Cities: A New Partnership Between Let’s Move and Playful City USA

Marijka Lischak — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 12:12:51 +0000

Danielle Marshall

Director of Community Engagement, KaBOOM!

MJ Kurs-Lasky

Playful City USA Manager, KaBOOM!

“Creating more and better playspaces is something that is very important to us. Research shows that recreation improves a person’s physical and emotional well-being. Quality playspaces make recreation more fun.

ACA Decision: Moving Ahead on Health Care Transformation

Marijka Lischak — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 10:00:45 +0000

Bruce Allen Chernof, M.D.

President & Chief Executive Officer, The SCAN Foundation

It is now time to focus on its robust and effective implementation so that we can all benefit from a care delivery system that puts people, families, and their care needs first.

Medicaid Expansion, States, and the Affordable Care Act: Red, Blue and Somewhere In Between

Marijka Lischak — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 19:40:02 +0000

Holly Korda, Ph.D.

Deputy Director for Strategy and Growth, Altarum Institute

If states turn their backs on Medicaid expansion they leave a lot of federal money on the table. They also leave behind many vulnerable, low income constituents—our friends, families and neighbors—who could receive coverage through Medicaid without purchasing private health insurance (to which they may not have affordable, available options).

New Federal Transportation Spending Bill Could Jeopardize the Vitality of Our Communities

Marijka Lischak — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 11:50:13 +0000

Sarah Lifsey

Policy Associate, Altarum Institute

Warm summer days and evenings draw many people outside to enjoy the weather and the extended daylight.

The Day After: Health Care Reform After NFIB v Sebelius

Jonathan Orr — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 14:27:23 +0000

Robert F. Graboyes, Ph.D.

Senior Fellow for Health and Economics, National Federation of Independent Business Research Foundation

The long process of health care reform will begin the day after the U.S. Supreme Court rules in the case of NFIB v Sebelius.

Is Health Spending Growth of “GDP+0” Sustainable?

Jonathan Orr — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 11:02:20 +0000

Charles Roehrig, Ph.D.

Vice President and Director, Altarum Center for Sustainable Health Spending

This is my fourth blog on the topic of sustainable health spending (others are here: 1, 2,

Physicians Wade Into Efforts To Curb Unnecessary Treatments

Jonathan Orr — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:33:14 +0000

Kaiser Health News

By Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News

Nine prominent physician groups today released lists of 45 common tests and treatments they say are often unnecessary and may even harm patients.

Sustainable Health Spending Under the Ryan Path for Federal Non-Health Spending

Jonathan Orr — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 11:24:20 +0000

Charles Roehrig, Ph.D.

Vice President and Director, Altarum Center for Sustainable Health Spending

Background

Health Care Law Blues: They Hear That Train a-Comin’

Jonathan Orr — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:37:40 +0000

Robert F. Graboyes, Ph.D.

Senior Fellow for Health and Economics, National Federation of Independent Business Research Foundation

For small business, the 2010 health reform law means higher costs, more red-tape and fewer choices. Some provisions are already in effect (e.g., coverage expansions, drug tax, FSA limits).

The Health Law and the Supreme Court: A Primer for the Upcoming Oral Arguments

Jonathan Orr — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 11:09:25 +0000

Kaiser Health News

By Stuart Taylor, Jr. for Kaiser Health News

How big is the constitutional challenge to the Obama health care law, which the Supreme Court will hear on March 26-28?

On “the Myth of Runaway Health Spending”: Is the Crisis Really Ending?

Paul Hughes-Cromwick — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 20:23:09 +0000

Charles Roehrig, Ph.D.

Vice President and Director, Altarum Center for Sustainable Health Spending

Center for Sustainable Health Spending colleagues George Miller, Ph.D. and Paul Hughes-Cromwick have the following thoughts.

Cashews on the Hindenburg

Jonathan Orr — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:55:03 +0000

Robert F. Graboyes, Ph.D.

Senior Fellow for Health and Economics, National Federation of Independent Business Research Foundation

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) has a thousand pages of moving parts, and the relatively few that have rolled out are shedding sprockets across the landscape.