How preexisting conditions came to be a condition for passage of the Republicans’ health care law is a complicated tale. Insurers created the cost-saving technique, excluding millions over the years.
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Even Pres. Trump said he had no idea that health insurance can be so complicated.
Part of the reason is that it’s not something we really want to buy – and not something we want to buy for others.
Already becoming a darling of Wall Street, blockchain technology’s biggest real benefits could come to the world’s poorest people. Here’s how.
For many of the nation’s poor, food and shelter are more important than health care. Questions of insurance coverage loom broadly, but another question lingers: how to treat the poor we do not see.
The House Republican plan to replace Obamacare is consistent with many proposals that candidate Trump and others espoused. Yet key parts of it could favor the rich and hurt the poor and the aging.
Republicans have tried dozens of times to repeal Obamacare, but their biggest challenge has been the lack of a workable replacement plan. Here’s an idea devised by two health economists.
The Lords’ amendment to the Brexit bill doesn’t allay EU citizens’ fear for their future.
Soon, wearable fitness devices will be able to diagnose diseases. Could that lead insurers to deny coverage to people based on their data alone?
Each year private health insurance funds lobby the government to increase private health insurance premiums. They claim increases are warranted because of increasing costs.
Being uninsured presents major problems, but there are issues that go beyond health care. Communities with large numbers of uninsured have a breakdown in trust. Here’s why.
Trump’s pledge to repeal and replace Obamacare already has weakened the health insurance market and likely will weaken it more. The instability will be costly, in more ways than one.
Academics are trained to answer important questions about health policy, and collaborating with industry on research can have a big impact.
For the first time in 15 years, as premiums and complaints rise, the proportion of the population with private health insurance is declining.
As Obamacare premium prices rise, many are asking why the U.S. doesn’t have universal health care in the first place. The reasons may surprise you.
Theresa May shouldn’t look to France, Germany or Switzerland for alternative healthcare models. They have problems of their own.
The Affordable Care Act increased the number of insured people, but skeptics have suggested the increase could be due to higher employment rates. That’s not the case, a detailed study suggests.
Cost and quality issues have long plagued the U.S. health care system because insurance companies both finance and manage medical care. So how did we get stuck with this system in the first place?
Business Briefing: treat the cause not the symptoms of problems with private health insurance
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If customers are questioning the value of private health insurance its because of the way the system is distorted by government incentives.
As health care providers seek ways to improve care and cut costs, providers and insurance companies have teamed up. A program in Michigan where providers share notes in real time appears to work.
Aetna’s cutback in the ACA marketplace has raised concerns about the health of the health care law. Here’s why stories of its demise may be greatly exaggerated.
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Associate Professor of Public Health, The Ohio State University
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Associate Professor of Health Law, Policy and Management, Boston University
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Professor of Health Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Health Finance, Weatherhead School of Management & School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University
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Assistant Professor of Social, Behavioral and Population Sciences, Tulane University
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Research Scientist of Health Policy and Economics, University of Southern California
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Professor of Health Law and Bioethics, Case Western Reserve University
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Associate Professor, School of Economics and Marketing, University of Technology Sydney
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Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management, UMass Amherst
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
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Research Scientist and Director of Research Training in Health Policy and Economics, University of Southern California
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Professor, Department of Health Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Quintiles Professor of Pharmaceutical Development and Regulatory Innovation, Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, University of Southern California
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Associate Professor of Health Policy, Management and Behavior, University at Albany, State University of New York
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Professor, Public Health, Victoria University, Victoria University