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"Better Ways to Pay for Health Care" Recommended by National Health Care Quality Coalition This report provides an easy-to-understand explanation of the problems with current health care payment systems, and describes alternative payment systems that will address these problems. It demonstrates that rationing and price controls are not the only ways to... | News releases | 11/14/2009 |
Researchers from the Urban Institute look at the opportunities and challenges of accountable-care organizations, and conclude they will not be game changers in the short run. Published In: Quick Strike Series | Issue and policy briefs | 10/29/2009 |
Follow the Money: Controlling Expenditures by Improving Care for Patients Needing Costly Services As Congress debates how to reform America's health care system-in particular, how to pay for it-many policy experts are bringing care management into the discussion as a way to rein in costs. Published In: The New England Journal of Medicine (Online) | Journal articles | 10/06/2009 |
How We Can Pay for Health Care Reform A new analysis shows that savings from many popular health reform ideas would finance the lion's share of the cost of comprehensive health care reform. Published In: Quick Strike Series | Issue and policy briefs | 07/29/2009 |
Crossing Our Lines: Working Together to Reform the U.S. Health System Daschle, Dole and Baker release a health reform proposal that takes ideas from both parties in an effort to forge political consensus. | Video, Reports | 06/17/2009 |
Former U.S. Senate Majority Leaders Baker, Daschle and Dole, members of the Bipartisan Policy Center's Advisory Board, released a bipartisan, budget-neutral framework for comprehensive health reform. | News releases | 06/17/2009 |
Primer on Post-Claims Underwriting What is post-claims underwriting and why is Congress investigating? | Issue and policy briefs | 06/12/2009 |
Competitive Bidding In Medicare Advantage If health insurance companies submitted competitive bids to offer Medicare coverage, President Obama says the government could save billions of dollars. Published In: Health Affairs/RWJF Policy Brief Series | Issue and policy briefs | 06/05/2009 |
Standardizing benefit plans and billing procedures might help reduce complexity and billing/insurance costs, but only if applied strictly. Published In: Health Affairs (Web Exclusive) | Journal articles | 05/14/2009 |
Covering America: Proposals At A Glance Categorize and compare the 17 plans developed under the Covering America Project. | White papers | 03/26/2009 |