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Policy Prescriptions – Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy™

WEBMarch 23, 2023 Cedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP. Thirteen years ago, the Affordable Care Act was signed into law. In the years leading up to it, those of us at this …

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About Us – Policy Prescriptions

WEBPolicy Prescriptions® originated in 2006 with the goal of providing concise reviews of the health policy literature to stakeholders such as clinicians, policy makers, and the lay …

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“The arc of the health care universe is long, but it bends toward

WEBThe World War II era wage freezes that the federal government instituted, forbidding salary increases but allowing for fringe benefits like health care, aided the growth of ESHI.

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Individual Health Insurance Mandates – Pros & Cons

WEBIndividual Health Insurance Mandates – Pros & Cons. Several universal insurance coverage models incorporate an individual mandate which requires every …

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Gender differences in health costs – Policy Prescriptions

WEBAlthough past studies have shown that the differences in personal health care spending between men and women are minimal, a new analysis shows that if the …

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A Classic: The RAND Health Insurance Experiment

WEBThe RAND Health Insurance Experiment represent the best evidence available to determine the behavior of patients based on cost sharing in health plans. …

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The Marketplace vs Medicaid – Policy Prescriptions

WEBHowever, States cannot use the Marketplace as a substitute for Medicaid expansion. States that adopted Medicaid expansion showed a higher level of uptake of …

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The Next Steps to Universal Health Care – Policy Prescriptions

WEBBarring any massive upheaval to the political forces currently in Washington, DC, the Affordable Care Act is set to become part of the nation’s social fabric. But the …

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Non-financial barriers to care – Policy Prescriptions

WEBThis model categorizes barriers to access to care into 5 dimensions: Affordability – Relationship between prices and ability to pay. Accommodation – …

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Executive Editor – Policy Prescriptions

WEBCedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP is Founder and Executive Editor of Policy Prescriptions®.. A graduate of Morehouse College, Dr. Dark earned his medical degree from New York …

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Medicaid Expansion’s Impact on Poverty – Policy Prescriptions

WEBThis is the research I’ve been waiting for – a study that meaningfully demonstrates the impact of Medicaid expansion on poverty. Zewde and Wimer analyze …

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Employer Sponsored Health Insurance (ESHI) – Policy Prescriptions

WEBAs uncertainty surrounding the future of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) looms, private insurance premiums have continued to climb. Given President Trump’s …

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Mid-level providers are moving on up – Policy Prescriptions

WEBThe study examined data on state NP and PA regulations from the Pearson Report and the State Regulation of Physician Assistant Practice report between 2001 …

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The Swiss Health Care System – Policy Prescriptions

WEBThe Swiss system incorporates several of the key pieces of America’s health reform contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (community rating, …

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ACA Increased Emergency Department Use – Policy Prescriptions

WEBAs the Affordable Care Act was being implemented, many politicians and health policy experts predicted a decline in ED use, as newly-insured patients would …

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The Problem with ACOs & Vulnerable Patients – Policy Prescriptions

WEBDespite the rapid expansion of ACOs, a recent Health Affairs article highlighted the unintended consequence of greater ACO uptake by providers serving …

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Trimming the Fat – Policy Prescriptions

WEBTrimming the Fat. March 31, 2018 Ryan Jacobs. The use of costly, unnecessary medical tests that provide little benefit to the patient, known as low-value healthcare services, is …

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Managing Editor – Policy Prescriptions

WEBManaging Editor. Vidya Eswaran, MD is an emergency physician and fellow in the National Clinician Scholars Program at the University of California, San Francisco. She …

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Less is More: HIE Prevents Repeat Tests – Policy Prescriptions

WEBSource: Flickr/CC. This study determined if HIE decreased repeat imaging tests (X-rays, ultrasounds, and CT scans) in an 11-county region in New York. They …

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