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Early Estimations On National Take-Up From 2003 MMA And Future Policy Proposals
This technical report builds upon an existing effort supported by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The objective of this analysis is to produce estimates of coverage and costs of alternative…
Accountable Care Organizations: Back to the Future?
Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are networks of providers that assume risk for the quality and total cost of the care they deliver. Public policymakers and private insurers hope that ACOs…
Favorable Selection, Risk Adjustment, and the Medicare Advantage Program
Payment generosity and more sophisticated risk adjustment were associated with substantial increases in MA enrollment and decreases in disenrollment. Claims experience of those newly switching into MA was not affected…
The Effects of Premium Changes on ALL Kids, Alabama’s CHIP Program
The increases in premiums and copays are estimated to have reduced program renewals by 6.1 to 8.3 percent depending upon how much time one allows for families to renew. Families…
Alternative Budgetary Analysis Of The Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act
The federal government faces a daunting fiscal outlook, which makes the budgetary impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act even more important. The official Congressional Budget Office (CBO)…