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At the end of 2020, Congress finally passed legislation protecting patients from surprise out-of-network medical bills. We dig into the research to understand what we can expect from this long-awaited policy fix.
Guests:
Sayeh Nikpay, PhD, Tradeoffs Contributing Research Editor; Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota
Benjamin Chartock, Associate Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics; PhD Candidate, Wharton School
Dig deeper into the research discussed in this episode: https://tradeoffs.org/2021/02/25/will-the-federal-ban-on-surprise-medical-bills-work
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Employers are clashing with hospitals, insurers and even their own workers over high health care prices. We meet some of the businesses, unions and advocates on the frontlines of this battle that could determine the fate of employer-based insurance.
Listener warning: This episode does contain sensitive language
Guests:
Marilyn Bartlett, CPA, CMA, CFM, Senior Policy Fellow, National Academy for State Health Policy, and former administrator of Montana state employee health plan
Mike Chernew, PhD, Leonard D. Schaeffer Professor of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School
Will Haynes, 32BJ union member
Elizabeth Mitchell, CEO, Purchaser Business Group on Health
Sara Rothstein, Director, 32BJ Health Fund
Gloria Sachdev, PharmD, President and CEO, Employers’ Forum of Indiana
Rep. Donna Schaibley, Indiana House of Representatives
Candace Shaffer, Senior Director of Benefits, Purdue University
Bob Smith, MBA, Executive Director, Colorado Business Group on Health
You can find more of our research online: https://tradeoffs.org/2021/02/18/the-high-price-of-lowering-health-costs
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The U.S. health care system is full of wasteful spending. A group of top health economists say a bunch of small changes could save the country big money.
Guests:
Zack Cooper, PhD, Associate Professor of Public Health and of Economics, Yale University
Mario Macis, PhD, Professor of Economics, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
Fiona Scott Morton, PhD, Theodore Nierenberg Professor of Economics, Yale University
Neale Mahoney, PhD, Professor of Economics, Stanford University
Elizabeth Fowler, JD, PhD, Executive Vice President for Programs, Commonwealth Fund
Learn more about the 1% Project and read a full transcript of this episode on our website: https://tradeoffs.org/2021/02/11/fixing-health-cares-leaky-pipes-could-save-340-billion/
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Doctors and nurses can feel as if they’re living in two worlds. One in which patients are getting sick and dying from the coronavirus, and another in which people deny the virus is real. Emergency room physician Mike Hunihan describes what it’s like to live and work with that dissonance.
Guest:
Michael Hunihan, M.D.
View a full transcript of this episode: https://tradeoffs.org/2021/02/04/death-disease-and-denial-combating-covid-in-the-er/
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Who is Xavier Becerra? We explore Becerra's health policy record, what drives his views and what he could do about the country's health care consolidation problem.
Guests:
Peter Lee, JD, Executive Director, Covered California
Richard Scheffler, PhD, Director, Nicholas C. Petris Center
Aditi Sen, PhD, Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Lanhee Chen, PhD, David and Diane Steffy Fellow in American Public Policy Studies, Hoover Institution
Learn more about Xavier Becerra and what HHS can do about consolidation in health care on our website: https://tradeoffs.org/2021/01/28/xavier-becerra-get-to-know-bidens-pick-to-lead-hhs/
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Democrats are returning to the White House and the Senate majority with a long health policy to-do list. Reporter Jonathan Cohn says the battle over Obamacare offers lessons and clues as to where the party’s “unfinished crusade for universal coverage” may head next.
Guest: Jonathan Cohn, HuffPost senior national correspondent and author of "The Ten Year War: Obamacare and the Unfinished Crusade for Universal Coverage"
You can find a complete transcript of this conversation on our website: https://tradeoffs.org/2021/01/21/the-ten-year-war-over-obamacare/
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Nursing homes have been one of the epicenters of the COVID-19 pandemic. So why are so many nursing home workers hesitant to get vaccinated, and what can be done to turn those numbers around?
Guests: Tracey Couliboly, Director of Recreation, Jewish Home at Rockleigh
Carol Silver Elliott, CEO, Jewish Home at Rockleigh
Jasmine Travers, AGPCNP-BC CCRN, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor of Nursing, NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing
Learn more about vaccine hesitancy in nursing homes and read a transcript of this episode: https://tradeoffs.org/2021/01/14/we-need-you/
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2021 is shaping up to be a big year in health care: a new vaccine, new lawmakers with new policy agendas all over the country. Also on the horizon is a real reckoning with the health effects of racism, and a showdown between some of health care’s biggest players. Tradeoffs is here to take you through the health care year ahead. We’ll explore the policies and programs, and we’ll introduce you to the people whose lives they shape.
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New federal rules requiring hospitals to post their prices are set to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2021. But will price transparency lower the cost of health care? [This episode was originally published on July 7, 2020.]
Guest: Margot Sanger-Katz, Health Care Reporter, New York Times
For more a complete transcript of Dan’s conversation with Margot: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/07/07/the-price-of-care/
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Soaring numbers of Americans are feeling anxious, stressed and depressed. Could a reimagined approach to primary care help meet their needs? [This episode was originally published on July 28, 2020.]
Eboni Winford, PhD, Director of Research and Health Equity, Cherokee Health Systems
Parinda Khatri, PhD, Chief Clinical Officer, Cherokee Health Systems
Sandy Blount, EdD, Founding Director, Center for Integrated Primary Care, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Richard Frank, PhD, Margaret T. Morris Professor of Health Economics, Harvard Medical School
Robert, Patient, Cherokee Health Systems
Dig deeper into the research and tradeoffs of integrated care on our website: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/07/28/meeting-the-mental-health-need/
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