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Cost Caps and Coverage for All: How to Make Health Care …

Cost Caps and Coverage for All will make health care universal, stable, and affordable for everyone without disrupting existing coverage through employers, Medicare, Medicaid, … See more

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Five Inequities in Health Care – Third Way

WEBIn this report, we analyze inequity throughout the health care system, breaking down the central issues into five core areas: access to care, cost of care, …

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Health Care – Third Way

WEBOur team advances forward thinking policy ideas to ensure affordable, high-quality health care for everyone. We believe that defending and improving the …

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Single-Payer Health Care: A Tale of 3 States – Third Way

WEBWhy did the ballot initiative get defeated by such large margins? Escalating costs.The ballot initiative would have resulted in a $25 billion tax hike in the first year in …

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How to Improve Cancer Care and Lower Costs for Patients

WEBThe United States spends a lot of money on cancer care, and costs are rising. In 2015, the United States spent nearly $183 billion on cancer-related health …

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Revitalizing Safety Net Hospitals: Protecting Low-Income …

WEBIn September 2019, Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia shut its doors after a storied past that began in 1848. 1 The hospital had nearly 500 beds, …

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Innovative Ideas to Improve Patient Care – Third Way

WEBWhile there remains a significant gulf between the Right and the Left on health care reform, we believe there is opportunity to find common ground. Our health …

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Health Equity Spotlight – Third Way

WEBRampant inequities in our health care system have persisted for decades, and little progress has been made to reaching a more just system. Consider these facts: …

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Reduce Unnecessary Radiological Exams – Third Way

WEBThe program will establish a data-exchange system between primary care and imaging facilities to increase evidence-based decision-making among physicians for …

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Innovative Ideas to Improve Patient Care – Third Way

WEBThis approach directly improves the patient experience—when patients stay healthy, or get better quicker, they need less care. Our proposals come from innovative …

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Medical Debt Hits the Heart of the Middle Class – Third Way

WEBMillions of Americans have medical debt, but who has that debt might surprise you. High medical costs and debt affect low-income families, but the heart of …

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RIP: Trump’s Plan to Kill Health Care – Third Way

WEBA second Trump term would spell disaster for our health care system. Trump’s health care plan is to repeal the Affordable Care Act, slash Medicaid, cut Medicare, and …

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A Lifetime Electronic Health Record for Every American

WEBProviding all Americans with a complete, lifetime health record—compiled from individual systems and available 24/7—would improve the patient experience and …

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Moving to Opportunity: The Effects of Concentrated Poverty

WEBOn the other hand, we found that moving to a lower-poverty neighborhood through MTO had very large beneficial impacts on several important physical health …

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A National Charity Care Law to Improve Nonprofit Hospitals

WEBNonprofit hospitals are exempt from local, state, and federal taxes. The total value of those tax breaks in 2020 was $28.1 billion—$14.4 billion in federal exemptions …

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Treating the Whole Person: Integrating Behavioral and Physical …

WEBPotential Savings. Based on analyses from the IMPACT program and a Milliman American Psychiatric Association Report on the economic impact of integrated …

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Medical Discussion Guides: Less Confusion, Better Decisions for

WEBThis can be accomplished in five ways: 1. Create a verification process where health plans report on whether patients were offered discussion guides in their decision …

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Community Policing: Reimagining Public Safety for the 21st Century

WEBCommunity policing is loosely defined as efforts by members of the community to work in conjunction with law enforcement to direct mutual public safety …

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Eliminating the Tax Penalty on Health Insurance for Domestic …

WEBEmployees who receive employer-provided health care coverage for their domestic partners are penalized by federal tax law, forced to pay on average over …

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2023 Vital Signs: The Health of Minority-Owned Small Businesses

WEBLast year, we noted that minority-owned businesses in 2020 were more likely to have revenue under $100,000 than white-owned businesses. Over half of Black …

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Third Way Statement on the PHASE-in $15 Wage Act

WEBThird Way is a center-left think tank that champions modern solutions to the most challenging problems in US public policy, including the economy, climate and …

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Peaceful or Stressful

WEBAmerica is grayer by the day. Between 1980 and 2021, the number of people aged 55 and older more than doubled—from 46 million to 98 million. 1 The bulk …

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