Health Policy Timeline: This information was provided by HealthCare.gov beginning with the passage of the Affordable Care Act (PPACA) in March 2010. Please note that the timeline is organized so that the most current update is at the top. March 1, 2012 - Understanding and Fighting Health Disparities. Click here for more information. January 1, 2012 [...]
Photo by Military Health via Flickr Donald M. Berwick, head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services speaks at the Military Health System conference in January. Facing strong criticism of the proposed regulation for accountable care organizations (ACOs) the Obama administration announced new options Tuesday to lure hesitant doctors and hospitals. ACOs are a new delivery [...]
Article written by Shuchita Madan March 8, 2011 On February 28, 2011, President Obama made an announcement stating that states would be able to apply for State Innovation Waivers to develop the most innovative health care solutions for their individual states. The Empowering States to Innovate Act was introduced by Senators Ron Wyden , Scott [...]
Article written by Shuchita Madan March 5, 2011 On March 2, 2011, the Brookings Institution hosted an Oxford Style debate analyzing the constitutionality of the individual mandate, a major provision requiring individuals to purchase health insurance. The debate was moderated by William Galston, a Senior Fellow and Ezra K. Zikha chair in Governance Studies [...]
March 3, 2011 On February 25, 2011, Len M. Nichols was part of a panel at The New America Foundation along with Shannon Brownlee, Acting Director of the Health Policy Program and Christine Bechtel, Vice President of the National Partnership for Women and Families. The topic was on the Dartmouth Atlas paper Improving Patient Decision-Making [...]
Article written by Shuchita Madan March 1, 2011 The National Governors Association held their Winter Meeting this past weekend in D.C. On Sunday, March 1, 2011, Len M. Nichols participated on the Health and Human Services Committee panel where the focus of discussion was on the sustainability of Medicaid, I have summarized some points [...]
Article written by Shuchita Madan February 2, 2011 National Public Radio released a 3 part series titled, “Pressure on Primary Care”, which focuses on the changing landscape of delivering primary care.The problem: Americans aging and not enough physicians to treat them. It is predicted that by 2030, 70 million Americans will be older than 65, [...]
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