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May 2, 2013 | Issue Brief
States welcome the opportunity to customize their own set of health insurance plans that will offer 10 categories called 'essential health benefits,' but health care providers, consumer groups and patient advocates would prefer a national standard.
May 2, 2013 | Story
Health economist John Cawley, PhD, examines obesity from all angles: costs, consequences, and cures.
May 2, 2013 | Story
Kelly Devers, PhD, a Scholar in RWJF Scholars in Health Policy Research program (1994-96), works at the Urban Institute, evaluating changes in the health care system that will save money and improve care, including the use of medical homes.
May 2, 2013 | Journal Article
Major benefits seen from this Medicaid expansion trial—improved health and well-being; reduced financial strain.
May 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Abolishing the sale of cigarettes would result in savings in the realm of health care costs, increased labour productivity, lessened harms from fires, reduced consumption of scarce physical resources, and a smaller global carbon footprint.
April 30, 2013 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
The cost of medical care should be as clear as the cost of groceries, says OkCopay founder and PopTech Social Innovation Fellow Touré McCluskey.
April 29, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
A recent RAND study offers some of the most comprehensive and credible estimates to date of the monetary costs of dementia in the United States.
April 29, 2013 | Report
Experts recommend solutions for closing the gaps in quality and efficiency of health care.
April 24, 2013 | News Release
Obesity-prevention policies could save the U.S. billions of dollars in the long run. A new report from the Campaign to End Obesity shows that the way estimates for the costs of legislation are done now misses a lot of their value.
April 18, 2013 | Report
The Bipartisan Policy Center recommends ways to contain health care spending while improving the quality and affordability of care.