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September 17, 2012
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Browse research, insight and analysis on key issues affecting health and health care in the United States.
April 15, 2011
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Victor R. Fuchs studied the factors that affect health care expenditures and health and policy solutions for covering the uninsured and reducing the high cost of health care, resulting in more than 50 publications.
October 1, 2000
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From 1996 to 1998, Victor R. Fuchs, Ph.D., conducted research in three areas:
January 17, 2011
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The Health Insurance Reform Project worked with the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to help design a program to improve the quality of care and life for people with multiple chronic illnesses.
January 17, 2011
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The Health Insurance Reform Project worked to develop and advance new ideas to improve federal health policy, focusing primarily on improving quality in Medicare and expanding health insurance coverage nationally.
October 15, 2009
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State Solutions was designed to increase enrollment in Medicare Savings Programs (MSPs).
February 10, 2009
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State officials in Louisiana estimated that some 250,000 people were eligible for Medicare Savings Programs, but only 135,600 participated, according to a fall 2004 newsletter of the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals.
September 1, 2006
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Victor R. Fuchs, Ph.D., expanded his earlier research by focusing on the allocation of health care resources and the effect on health outcomes, with an emphasis on the over-65 population.
January 1, 2004
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From 1995 to 2003, the National Academy of Social Insurance convened seven study panels to examine issues pertaining to the restructuring of Medicare.
March 1, 2003
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Dr. David Smith, a professor (emeritus) at Swarthmore College, conducted a study of the Medicare amendments contained in the Balanced Budget Act of 1997.
April 1, 2002
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In 2000, the Concord Coalition, Arlington, Va., finalized, printed and distributed A Primer on Medicare for the public, the media, and policymakers.
