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So far Source Fellow has created 53 blog entries.
SLIHCQ Database User Guide Now Available
Source Fellow June 17, 2019
By: Laura Hagen, Graduate Research Fellow In support of the State Laws Impacting Healthcare Cost and Quality (“SLIHCQ”) Database, The Source has released a comprehensive SLIHCQ Database User Guide (download here), which provides detailed instructions and useful tips to help users navigate the tool. The Source, in partnership with Catalyst for Payment Reform (“CPR”), launched the database on May 17, 2019. This interactive tool catalogs ongoing state legislative efforts to implement healthcare reform. See press release here. Happy researching!
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The Source Roundup: June 2019 Edition
Source Fellow June 3, 2019
By: Hayden Soria, Student Fellow Happy June! Summer is just around the corner and healthcare policy discussion is heating up. In this month’s Source Roundup, we highlight academic articles and studies that look at 1) the high costs of employer-sponsored insurance, 2) how much private insurers are paying hospitals compared to Medicare, and 3) implications of single payer system reform. Increasing Employer-based Insurance Costs Present Difficulties to Many Americans In the last twelve years, annual deductibles in employer-based health plans have sky-rocketed and now average more than $1,300 annually. A …
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Now That’s SLIHCQ! – The Source to Launch Database of State Laws Impacting Healthcare Cost and Quality at Virtual Summit
Source Fellow May 15, 2019
By: Laura Hagen, Graduate Research Fellow The Source is ecstatic to announce that, on May 17, 2019, in partnership with Catalyst for Payment Reform (“CPR”), we will launch the State Laws Impacting Healthcare Cost and Quality (“SLIHCQ”) Database at our Virtual Summit event. Register here for the webinar. The SLIHCQ Database, initially funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is an interactive tool that catalogues ongoing state legislative efforts to implement healthcare reform. The SLIHCQ Database is the natural extension of The Source’s existing legislation tracker that covers all 50 …
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Will Courts and States Prevent the Trump Administration from Playing Humpty-Dumpty with the ACA: Responses to the Association Health Plan Final Rule
Source Fellow April 29, 2019
By: Erin Sclar, Student Fellow In late March, U.S. District Judge John Bates rejected the Trump Administration’s policy promoting Association Health Plans (AHPs), holding its interpretation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and undermined the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This post analyzes implications of the Trump Administration’s Final Rule on AHPs, looks at the U.S. District Court’s response to litigation challenging the rule, and considers state options for regulating AHPs. The AHP Final Rule: Implications for Consumers, Providers, and States As The …
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Affordable Care Act Hanging by a Thread in the Legal Tug of War
Source Fellow April 11, 2019
By: Katie Beyer, Student Fellow In 2018, the Trump Administration issued a number of new regulations that gutted the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by effectively eliminating the ACA’s safeguards and benefits. A multitude of lawsuits brought by cities, states and health plans challenging these administrative initiatives quickly followed suit. This post provides a litigation update on the prominent cases that highlight these challenges. There are three primary categories of lawsuits at issue: (1) state challenges on the constitutionality of the ACA’s Individual Mandate; (2) city challenges on the Trump Administration’s regulatory …
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Who’s Driving Healthcare Prices: A Look at Anticompetitive Conduct of Various Players in the Healthcare Market
Source Fellow and Amy Y. Gu, Managing Editor April 9, 2019
By: Megan O’Leary, Student Fellow and Amy Y. Gu, Managing Editor On Thursday, April 4, The Source attended the “Antitrust in the New Millennium Symposium” hosted by UC Hastings College of the Law. This blog focuses on the session “New Antitrust and Healthcare”, moderated by The Source Board member and UC Hastings Professor Thomas Greaney, and featuring the panel of, notably all women, UC Hastings Professor Robin Feldman, California Senior Assistant Attorney General Kathleen Foote, and American Antitrust Institute (AAI) President Diana L. Moss. What drives rising healthcare prices? Perhaps it stems …
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The Source Roundup: April 2019 Edition
Source Fellow April 1, 2019
By: Erin Sclar, Student Fellow Spring is finally here! With it, we review articles and reports about 1) single payer health plans and universal health care, 2) the causes, effects, and possible solutions to rising prescription drug pricing, and 3) health care costs and price transparency. Single Payer Health Plans and Universal Health Care The terms “single payer health plans” and “universal health care” are becoming increasingly familiar as the 2020 elections approach. But the meanings of these terms, and the specific policies and proposals associated with them, are often …
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The Source Roundup: March 2019 Edition
Source Fellow March 1, 2019
By: Leah S. Gray, Student Fellow Happy March! This month we take a look at articles that examine 1) state health system reform efforts, 2) protections against surprise medical bills, 3) effects of market concentration on cost and quality, and 4) ways to control rising costs for health care and pharmaceuticals. States are taking the lead in health system reform While the federal health policy debate has remained rather stagnant, states have stepped up protect their citizens from rising health care costs. North Carolina is poised to make rapid, unprecedented …
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The Issues with Prior Authorization and Why Reform Is Needed
Source Fellow February 25, 2019
By: Swaja Khanna, Student Fellow Late last year, in the middle of the holiday season, I needed a prescription medication urgently. My physician prescribed it on December 13th. I received the medication on December 20th. It took a whole week to get a medication that I should have long finished by the time I actually received it. I was deeply frustrated not only because I was physically ill, but also because I was dealing with a great deal of uncertainty. When I attempted to pick up my medication from the …
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Governor Newsom Makes Big Steps Towards Establishing California as the Nation’s Leader in Health Care Policy
Source Fellow February 5, 2019
By: Leah S. Gray, Student Fellow On his first day as the Governor of California, Gavin Newsom made his first steps towards carrying out his health care campaign promise of universal health care. Additionally, two parts of his plan look like a direct rebuke of the Trump administration, as Newsom hopes to ensure health coverage for undocumented young people and impose the individual mandate, which Congress attempted to repeal, in California. He also used his first executive orders to work towards lowering the cost of prescription drugs and to create California’s …
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