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The Role of Prevention in Health Care Reform

WebTertiary prevention means taking measures to arrest or slow the progression of chronic diseases like diabetes or HIV that cannot be fully cured with current …

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Two New Health Proposals Aim to Move U.S. Toward Universal …

WebApril 26, 2021. Niskanen Center supports universal catastrophic coverage (UCC) as part of its program for faster growth and fairer growth. UCC is an approach to health insurance …

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New Report — Universal Catastrophic Coverage

WebIn a new paper, Niskanen Center senior fellow Ed Dolan argues that Universal Catastrophic Coverage (UCC) provides the best framework for achieving truly …

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Healthcare Spending vs. Health System Performance: What are the

WebHowever, GDP may not be the appropriate basis of comparison. According to the anonymous author of the blog Random Critical Analysis (whom I identify hereafter as …

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A CBO Roadmap to Universal Healthcare

WebOctober 6, 2020. On October 1, the Congressional Budget Office released a detailed report, Policies to Achieve Near-Universal Health Insurance Coverage. The report outlines four …

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Managing High-Cost Health Care: Risk Pools, Reinsurance, and

WebCovering the costs of just the top 5 percent of health care spenders would cost something like $1.5 trillion as of 2018, or about 7 percent of GDP. If high-risk pools …

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From the Nixon Era, a Healthcare Proposal Ahead of Its Time

WebFrom the Nixon Era, a Healthcare Proposal Ahead of Its Time. By Ed Dolan. February 27, 2018. People today remember the Nixon era mainly for the fiasco of …

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Do High-Risk Pools Have a Future in Health Care Reform

WebApril 7, 2017. High-risk pools have played a prominent role in the debate over U.S. health care policy, especially on the conservative side. In contrast to liberals, who lean toward a …

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What’s Wrong with Employer Sponsored Health Insurance

WebThe high proportion of people who get their health insurance through their jobs is one of the most distinctive features of the U.S. health care system. According to …

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Healthcare Will Never be Affordable Without Action on Prices

WebRepublican reformers have repeatedly promised affordable healthcare for all Americans — doubly affordable, in fact. They promise sufficient subsidies to put …

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Op-Ed: The Next Steps for Utah Health Professional Licensing: …

WebThis piece was originally published by The University of Utah on Jun 23, 2021. Utah has made tremendous strides in easing excessive licensure-related barriers …

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The U.S. Has Much to Gain from More Doctors

WebBy Robert Orr. August 4, 2021. Americans face distinct challenges in accessing affordable health care. A good chunk of the blame lies with public policy, which has historically not …

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U.S. Health Care Licensing: Pervasive, Expensive, and Restrictive

WebOccupational licensing, or state-approval to work in a given profession, is a pervasive feature of the health care sector. All told, about 14.3 million U.S. health care …

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Enacting Lasting Policies in an Era of Gridlock

WebConsidering “policy feedbacks” in the design of policies involves taking into account the ways in which policies themselves can generate avenues of political support. …

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What Health Care Policy Lessons Can We Draw From Physician …

WebFortunately, a recent working paper by Joshua Gottlieb and co-authors marks a substantial improvement in our understanding of the high share of U.S. health care …

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Understanding inequality and rising mortality rates in America, …

WebUnderstanding inequality and rising mortality rates in America, with Angus Deaton - Niskanen Center. By Geoff Kabaservice. March 27, 2024. Sir Angus Deaton is …

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What Policymakers Need to Know

WebPsychedelics and Mental Health Care — What Policymakers Need to Know - Niskanen Center. By Greg Ferenstein. May 22, 2020. The past few years have seen a …

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Libertarians Need Government — in Finance as in Public Health

WebThe COVID-19 outbreak is one that demands a strong and swift response from the libertarian’s instinctive enemy: the government. Bloomberg’s Justina Lee …

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Celebrating Civil Discourse on Welfare Reform

WebSo often in public policy debates we find ourselves sorted into political tribes that simply talk past each other. Welfare reform provides one of the strongest examples. …

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