With a majority in both houses of Congress and a president in the White House, Republicans are talking about putting an end to an abusive Medicaid practice. The Congressional Budget Office estimated such a move would save $600 billion over a decade.
Author: Devon Herrick
Should Medicaid Seek to Address Nonmedical Social Determinants of Health?
There are many things that correlate with health status. Age is the greatest factor. Older is less healthy. Education is another. Poorly educated people have lower health status than more highly educated people. Wealth is also correlated with health. Lower income people have higher rates of obesity, diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, heart disease, strokes, and…
Health Affairs: Employers Turning to Direct Contracting to Save Money
Employer-provider direct contracting refers to a process by which employers negotiate directly with providers and set transparent prices for procedures and medications, without TPAs, to avoid administrative obfuscation and distorted incentives.
Read more at Health Affairs: Employer-Provider Direct Contracting: Practice And Policy
An Alternative View of Retiring Old Medical Debt
The nonprofit organization, Undue Medical Debt’s mission is purchasing medical debt and retiring it for the benefit of millions of Americans saddled with medical debt. The firm partners with hospitals, local governments, debt collectors and donors to buy medical debt for pennies on the dollar. In its latest endeavor, the organization has arranged with a large debt trader to buy $30 billion worth of debt for 20 million Americans