Apr 16, 2021 | Federal Issues, Health Policy
By Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, Ph.D. Following the announcement of a Special Enrollment Period in the health insurance marketplace from February 15 to May 15 for those who may have lost employer-sponsored insurance during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Biden administration...
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Dec 5, 2020 | Featured, Health Policy, Podcast
On this episode of the podcast, Terry and Bob discuss the challenges facing policymakers to advance value-based care and address high out of pocket costs. They warn that ICER may have an opening to influence the Biden Administration through Neera Tanden, the nominee...
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Dec 2, 2020 | Featured, Health Policy
On the cusp of an administrative change, the Trump government has finalized a price transparency ruling for private health insurance companies, so patients and enrollees are aware of their true health care costs in advance, which can help them make informed decisions...
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Nov 14, 2020 | Featured, Health Policy
On this episode of the podcast, Terry and Bob discuss the recent rules from Health and Humans Services to demand healthcare price transparency from both providers and insurers. As patients know all too well, finding out how much healthcare costs is usually...
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Sep 14, 2020 | Health Policy
In the first part of this series, we highlighted the overall health care focus of the Biden campaign and honed in on the campaign’s focus on providing a public option health plan that is proposed to be offered via the Affordable Care Act (ACA)’s marketplace exchanges....
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Aug 21, 2020 | Health Policy
Over the last four years, we have witnessed major changes in the health care industry, with policy changes that bear the potential for long-term impact. Here are a few of the policies rolled out by the Trump administration: ACA Individual Mandate Repeal The individual...
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