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Archive for May 2015

EMPLOYER-SPONSORED INSURANCE: IS IT ERODING UNDER THE ACA, AND SHOULD WE CARE?

By Gail Wilensky, Ph.D. | May 30, 2015

Concerns have been raised that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) could reduce the dominance of employer-sponsored insurance for those not on Medicare or Medicaid. There are 2 ironies associated with these concerns. First, this was one of the charges levelled by Democrats against Senator John McCain’s (R- AZ) health reform proposal during the 2008 election…

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  • About
    • Short Bio
    • Resume
  • HEALTHCARE COMMENTARIES
    • Health Affairs
      • Closing the Medicaid Coverage Gap March 2020
      • Consumer-Driven Health Plans Early Evidence and Potential Impact on Hospitals January 2006
      • Crisis Facing HCFA & Millions of Americans January 1999
      • Developing A Center For Comparative Effectiveness Information November 7 2006
      • Developing A Viable Alternative January 2014
      • Developing A Viable Alternative to Medicare’s Physician Payment Strategy January 2014
      • Dont Forget About The Social Determinants Of Health January 16 2009
      • Foundation Funding to Educate Train and Expand the Health Professions Workforce January 2013
      • Foundation Funding to Improve Rural Health Care December 2019
      • Gain Sharing A Good Concept Getting A Bad Name December 5 2006
      • Health Costs And Financing Challenges and Strategies For A New Administration February 2021
      • Incremental Health System Reform Where Medicare Fits In Spring 1995
      • INCREMENTAL STEPS TOWARD HEALTH SYSTEM REFORM Spring 1995
      • Medicare Whats Right Whats Wrong Whats Next January 1999
      • Paying For Graduate Medical Education The Debate Goes On March 2001
      • Paying For Health Care In Retirement Workers’ Knowledge of Benefits and Expenses July 14 2004
      • Paying For Performance Medicare Should Lead November 2003
      • Regulators Math December 2015
      • Some Thoughts On Choice And Satisfaction
      • The Obama Plan September 16 2008
      • The Policies And Politics Of Creating a Comparative Clinical Effectiveness Research Center June 25 2009
      • The Twin Policy Challenges Of Medicare Physician Payment and Medicaid July 26 2005
      • Thinking Outside The Box A Conversation With John Breaux March 5 2003
    • NEJM PERSPECTIVES
    • JAMA Forum
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    • The Milbank Quarterly
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