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Health Care Policy Backgrounders are designed as briefing papers on health care policy issues for people with limited time and a need to know about health care policy issues such as medical malpractice reform, medical savings accounts (MSA) and Medicare reform.
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State Reform of Medicaid Drug Programs Medicaid is a joint federal-state program that provides medical care to more than 60 million low-income individuals and families. Medicaid rolls in many states have risen over the past several years a… |
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Increasing the Cost-Effectiveness of Medicaid Drug Programs Medicaid is a joint federal-state program that provides medical care to more than 60 million low-income individuals and families. Over the next few years, Medicaid enrollment is expected to swell and… |
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Medical Malpractice Reform In theory, the right to sue should ensure that injured patients receive compensation, and the adversarial justice system should ensure that only patients who are harmed by negligence receive compensat… |
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MSA's Can Be a Windfall for All The reasons managed care has not worked as a national policy in addressing the concerns of cost, access, quality and patient satisfaction are the same reasons Medical Savings Accounts and other consum… |
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Defined Contribution Health Insurance Many employers are concluding that it is time to rethink the way they provide health insurance benefits for their employees. |
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On Reforming Medicare This Backgrounder discusses the proposal for Medicare reform that was developed by a bipartisan and bicameral group of members on the Medicare Commission. |
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Reforming the U.S. Health Care System Unwise government policies are largely responsible for the fact that the number of Americans without health insurance is 43 million and rising. Unwise government policies also are responsible for the… |
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Myths About Our Health Care System: Lessons for Policy Makers Critics of the American health care system have propagated a number of myths to justify greater government control over our health care system. This backgrounder identifies 10 of the most common myth… |
