Patients often want the option to be treated at home rather than being admitted to hospital. But it’s much less likely to happen if you’re a private patient.
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Nearly 160 million Americans get insurance through employers, but that does not mean it’s good social policy. An economist explains some aspects of employer-sponsored insurance that don’t work well.
Are more technologically advanced prosthetics and orthotics actually better for improving health? Or do we just think they are better? And most importantly, how do we figure it out?
People are more willing to participate in fitness tracker-based insurance policies when they are in control of their participation.
In just five years, the number of mobile-money accounts in Ghana have jumped six-fold, providing fresh perspective on the country’s digital transformation.
In the US, poverty is measured by income level. But that measure misses many other aspects of poverty – like unemployment, poor health and a lack of health insurance.
A trip to the emergency room can turn expensive fast if the providers are not in your network. That is happening more often, as some doctors choose to opt out of insurance plans. Here’s why.
The over-medicalization of back pain is a global concern. New research in Canada shows that people with lower income as well as rural and remote dwellers are less likely to access physiotherapy care.
Two community pharmacists suggest a way for improving the palatability of evidence-based universal pharmacare – for those working in health insurance, pharmacy and the pharmaceutical industry.
Hospitals are now required to post their prices online. This approach is unlikely to change US health care – but better price transparency tools could actually reduce costs.
Three-quarters of insurance executives believe artificial intelligence will revolutionise the industry within a few years. It promises lower premiums, but brings ethical risks too.
The biggest problem in the Indonesian universal healthcare program is that members’ contribution is less than the spending to pay claims for hospitals and other health services.
No longer can young people invest in their education and work their way into secure employment. The health impacts of this job insecurity are profound.
The Trump administration’s latest effort to undermine the Affordable Care Act is the expansion of short-term insurance plans. But these shorter plans are also short on real benefits.
Britain’s health service will soon cost £200 billion. Don’t mope, it’s cause for celebration.
Efforts to undo Obamacare went far beyond grass-roots activities, with new research showing that contributions by businesses were significant. Does this signal a change in the political process?
Will Ottawa’s new advisory council on pharmacare amount to “just another study,” or is a national program truly within reach?
By undermining the ACA, Republicans may be taking away one of the health care system’s best tools for improving the lives of those with addiction.
Three business giants, Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase, announced plans to change health care delivery and insurance as we know it. Here’s why that could be a major disruption.
The new rules Kentucky and other states want to impose could leave millions of Americans who benefit from this safety net program uninsured – and resorting to the emergency room for their health care.
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Associate Professor of Public Health, Texas A&M University
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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 Health Law, Policy and Management, Boston University
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Research Assistant Professor of Social, Behavioral and Population Sciences, Tulane University
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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 of Health Law and Bioethics, Case Western Reserve University
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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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Assistant Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley
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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
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Assistant professor of Health Policy & Administration, University of Illinois Chicago
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Dean of the Sol Price School of Public Policy; Distinguished Professor of Pharmacy, Public 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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Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney, University of Sydney
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Lecturer, Public Sector Finance, University of Canberra
