This Thursday, March 23, marks the seventh anniversary of the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). It also marks the date the House will vote on…
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The political posturing surrounding the release of the Congressional Budget Office assessment of the American Health Care Act’s (AHCA) impact on costs and coverage began even before its release Monday….
Last Monday, as promised, House Speaker Paul Ryan fulfilled his pledge to offer up the GOP’s plan to replace the Affordable Care Act. In reality, America’s Health Care Act (AHCA)…
Last week, President Trump told reporters that efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) were hampered by the complexity of the industry itself. He shares that view…
For hospital boards and management, their affiliated and employed physicians, employees and suppliers, these are uncertain times. But that’s not new. In the 1980’s, as the Prospective Payment System was…
Last week, the nominee to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Seema Verma testified before the Senate Finance Committee. She conveyed a message akin to that of her…
This year, news about healthcare reform will be prominent and the role journalists play in filtering what’s covered will play a huge role in the outcome. The combination of our…
What Healthcare and the NFL Have in Common The National Football League is among the greatest success stories of American enterprise. Founded in 1920 as the American Football League with…
Public understanding about how our health system operates is woefully low: surveys show only one in five adults has functional knowledge about how to choose a physician, hospital or insurance…
Through the years, I’ve had the honor of speaking to groups after they heard from notables like Michael J. Fox, Sammy Hagar, Jeff Immelt, U.S. Secretaries of Health Tommy Thompson…
