Politics and policy

Insight into federal and state health care legislation & CMS regulation

Legislation and Regulation
Anti-vaxxers Flexing Political, Public Relations Muscle
Richard Mark Kirkner
They’ve marshalled forces and pushed back on legislative efforts to curb exemptions, although three states have managed to do so.
Politics and policy
As Restrictions on Abortion Increase, Interest in Access Via Telemedicine Increases
Susan Ladika
As states continue to pass laws intended to restrict abortion, some groups see telemedicine as a way to provide access for the procedure. A recent study by a group led by Planned Parenthood and one conducted by Gynuity Health Projects, which provides research and technical assistance on reproductive…
News & Commentary
ACA Decreased Racial Disparities
Racial disparity in the timely treatment of cancer effectively disappeared in states that expanded Medicaid under the ACA, according to the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Timely treatment was defined as starting first-line treatment within 30 days of a diagnosis for advanced or metastatic cancer.
Legislation & Regulation
Trump Title X Rules Open Second Front in the Abortion Wars
Richard Mark Kirkner
All eyes are on the fate of Roe v. Wade, but the Trump administration’s Title X family planning rules are also the subject of a fierce legal battle.
Vox populi
Deductibles and the blame game for high health care costs
Polls and surveys this year (most significantly a Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) poll in January) have found that Americans like the idea of Medicare for all. But tell them that it would mean giving up on employer-sponsored health insurance—as some Medicare-for-all plans propose doing—and those…
Viewpoint
Medicare for All Should Not Be One Size Fits All
Deborah D. Gordon
For Medicare for all to truly work for all Americans it must do more than provide uniform, basic insurance. In health care, as in fashion, consumers need different options. To truly reform health care, solutions must allow customization and consumer choice.
Legislation & Regulation
At 30, Stark Law Chugs Along But It’s Overdue for Repairs
Richard Mark Kirkner
It is supposed to keep physicians from unduly profiting from referrals. But CMS Administrator Seema Verma and others see the Stark Law as an obstacle to ACOs and value-based care.
Politics and policy
In Trump, HIV/AIDS Groups Find an Ally Who’s Tough To Love
Richard Mark Kirkner
Groups fighting the disease are counting on people in health care’s ‘deep state’ to deliver on the commitment to end the occurrence of new cases of HIV/AIDS by 2030.
Cancer Screening Initiatives

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Clinical Brief

Multiple Sclerosis: New Perspectives on the Patient Journey–2019 Update
Summary of an Actuarial Analysis and Report

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