| Implementing Health Reform: The Premium Tax Credit Final Rule - Sun, 20 May 2012 15:15:26 +0000 |
| At the heart of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) health care reforms are the premium tax credits, which will extend health insurance coverage to 18 million lower and middle-income Americans. The idea of using tax credits to purchase private health insurance for the uninsured is one of a number of the historically conservative policy positions [...] |
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| How The ACA Would Have Cut 2001-08 Out-Of-Pocket Spending Under Individual Coverage - Fri, 18 May 2012 19:10:01 +0000 |
| Currently, individual health insurance typically has less generous benefits than employment-related insurance. However, under the Affordable Care Act, individual insurance will probably become more generous and more like employment-related insurance. For a Health Affairs May 16 Web First study, Steven Hill of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality compared out-of-pocket spending on health care [...] |
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| Medicare Physician Payment: A Hollow Victory For The RUC - Fri, 18 May 2012 15:53:27 +0000 |
| On May 9th, William Nickerson, Senior Judge in the Southern Maryland Federal District Court, issued a 15 page ruling against the six Augusta, GA primary care physician plaintiffs who challenged HHS’ and CMS’ longstanding relationship with the American Medical Association’s Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC). The opinion did not weigh the substance of the [...] |
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