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"Play-or-Pay" Insurance Reforms for Employers

January 14, 2010 | Commentary

"Play-or-pay" presents employers with a choice: purchase health insurance policies for their workers or pay a penalty, in the form of a payroll tax. This practice perspective argues that "play-or-pay" rules will create an unfair distribution of health insurance subsidies.

Health Care Reform Requires Accountable Care Systems

July 2, 2008 | Commentary

This paper explores the concept of accountable care systems (ACS), which may help improve the quality and care provided by physicians and hospitals in the United States. The authors offer several suggestions for implementing these organizational structures.

Bending the Cost Curve

October 12, 2009 | Commentary

This commentary identifies methods to slow the increase in health care costs in the United States. The current proposed expansion of health insurance will cost the country an estimated trillion dollars over 10 years. To make this expansion possible, increases in the cost of health care must be curbed.

Conclusion

March 25, 2009 | Issue Brief/Commentary

Covering America: A Timely Reprise