Health Policy Debate
Health Policy Debate Tuesday, October 16th, 2012Overview: In this section we provide timely commentary on hot topics in health policy. We will consider different questions as relevance rises and falls.
Health Policy Debate Topics
Health Policy Debate Tuesday, October 16th, 2012Debate Item # 1: Is the individual mandate constitutional? See our slider entry for a thorough report of all the issues the supreme court will rule on next spring or summer. Tim Jost, a law professor at Washington and Lee, has written a nice summary and explanation of the recent impactful ruling out of the [...]
Kaiser Family Foundation Releases Snapshot - Health Care in the 2012 Election
Health Policy Debate Friday, October 12th, 2012The Kaiser Family Foundation released a snapshot of how health-care related issues shape the 2012 election to aid voters this November. This snapshot is one sheet full of graphs and charts that breakdown virtually all health care-related issues, deciphering information that would interest potential voters “including the percentage of Democrats, Republicans, and Independents who named [...]
Through the Looking Glass: Required Transparency of Payments to Doctors by Drug and Device Companies
Health Policy Debate Friday, February 10th, 2012
Through the Looking Glass: Required Transparency of Payments to Doctors by Drug and Device Companies By Caryn Sever In 1983, the British sketch comedy group Monty Python created the satire movie “
Physicians Overall Are Evenly Divided on PPACA being a “Good Start,” But Different Kinds of Docs Hold Starkly Different Views: Deloitte Study
Health Policy Debate Monday, December 19th, 2011
Physicians Overall Are Evenly Divided on PPACA being a “Good Start,” But Different Kinds of Docs Hold Starkly Different Views: Deloitte Study By Donald Yacoe In what may be a surprise, doctors in general are evenly divided on whether PPACA represents a positive step for health reform, a just-released national survey from Deloitte has found. [...]
Does Society Have a Responsibility to Help the Poor with Health Care?
Health Policy Debate Thursday, December 15th, 2011Does Society Have a Responsibility to Help the Poor with Health Care? Two Recent Examples from the Debate over this Issue Some important public exchanges of ideas have recently underscored the core debate about society’s responsibility—or lack thereof—to help provide health care for those who cannot pay for it completely on their own. Here [...]
Is the Individual Mandate Necessary?
Health Policy Debate Thursday, December 15th, 2011Center Director Len M. Nichols, and others, have written extensively on this question. A recent summary of earlier work is here. Recent controversy on the question has been fueled by a recent study by Lewin Group researchers. Be sure and read Wake Forest Law Professor Mark Hall’s reaction to this paper before making up your [...]
