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Cost Sharing to Buy the Right, Not Shift the Cost
1+ hour, 15+ min ago (257+ words) Charles N. Kahn III A Cost Shift, Nota Cost Cure Cost-Sharing Has a Right Dose Which means wemustget cost-sharingright. Set where it sharpenspurchasing, it builds the cost-consciousness the system needs; turned into a blunt instrument for cost-shifting, it penalizes the people…...
Cost Sharing to Buy Right, Not Shift the Cost
1+ hour, 18+ min ago (257+ words) Charles N. Kahn III A Cost Shift, Nota Cost Cure Cost-Sharing Has a Right Dose Which means wemustget cost-sharingright. Set where it sharpenspurchasing, it builds the cost-consciousness the system needs; turned into a blunt instrument for cost-shifting, it penalizes the people…...
Medicare Facing the Future: The 2026 Trustees Report
2+ week, 5+ day ago (264+ words) To register for this event, enter the following details: This is for cameras and camera personnel only. If you are a journalist, producer, correspondent, etc. you can register for the event by clicking on the RSVP to Attend button above....
Ippolito Appointed to Med PAC
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (288+ words) I am thrilled to announce that AEI Senior Fellow and health economist Dr. Benedic Ippolito has been appointed to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (Med PAC). He will bring this expertise and a broad knowledge of the Medicare program to…...
The Inflation Reduction Act and Out-of-Pocket Spending by Medicare Enrollees
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (174+ words) The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) increased the generosity of Medicare prescription drug coverage'most notably, introducing a new out-of-pocket (OOP) cap for enrollees and increasing the financial liability plans face. In this piece, we offer early evidence for how this redesign…...
The Macroeconomic Budget and Health Care Projection Dashboard, Revisited: Can You Put the US Back on a Sustainable Path?
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (371+ words) We see that, as expected, ultimate levels of debt and deficits decrease. Further, welfare improves because, in our model, deficits crowd out investment, reduce capital, and slow economic growth, so efforts to reduce the deficit will generally improve welfare. Decreasing…...
Using Competition and Medicare Accountable Care Organizations to Control Costs
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Assessing Duplicative Federal Benefit Programs and Preventing Abuse
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (734+ words) How Many Federal Means-Tested Programs Are There? Figure 1. Displaying 90 Federal Means-Tested Benefit Programs in 2013 State and Local Programs Add to the List due to benefits cliffs and the co-occurring phaseouts of multiple transfer programs, the hypothetical family is as financially…...
Health Care Affordability: A Tale of Two Populations, or Twenty Years Since
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (155+ words) A better approach, for both workers and retirees, would be encouraging improved productivity in the health care sector to lower overall costs through more competition, price sensitivity, and enhanced use of artificial intelligence in diagnosis and treatment. In a voluntary…...
Reforming Health Care
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (575+ words) Health care in the United States is generally excellent, but, in many cases, it is also needlessly expensive. Reform should focus on introducing greater cost discipline to this important sector of the economy so that it imposes less avoidable financial…...