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The Importance of the Individual Mandate — Evidence from Massachusetts

The most contentious aspect of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the individual mandate requiring that most documented U.S.

The Sources of the SGR “Hole”

Recently, the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services announced a scheduled cut in Medicare physician fees of 27.4% for 2012.

The Importance of the Individual Mandate — Evidence from Massachusetts

The most contentious aspect of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the individual mandate requiring that most documented U.S.

The Asset Cost of Poor Health

This paper examines the correlation between poor health and asset accumulation for households in the first nine waves of the Health and Retirement Survey.

Can Policy Create Quality? The United States in Comparative Perspective

The Handbook of the Sociology of Health, Illness & Healing advances the understanding of medical sociology by identifying the most important contemporary challenges to the field and suggesting dir

Understanding Movement Across Health Plans

This study assesses the factors influencing the movement of people across health plans.

Accounting for Health and Health Care: Approaches to Measuring the Sources and Costs of Their Improvement

It has become trite to observe that increases in health care costs have become unsustainable.

Fixing Flaws In Medicare Drug Coverage That Prompt Insurers To Avoid Low-Income Patients

Since 2006 numerous insurers have stopped serving the low-income segment of the Medicare Part D program, forcing millions of beneficiaries to change prescription drug plans.

Geographic Variation in the Quality of Prescribing

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Rising Up With Shoe Leather?