What 'Health Care Costs' Really Means
December 22, 2012 Framing our problem in terms of "costs" is a misrepresentation of the real challenge -- how to slow the increase in spending. Shannon BrownleeJoe ColucciDecember 22, 2012No fiscal...
View ArticleShould Jerry Brown Just Ignore His Cancer?
January 2, 2013 Governor’s choice of radiation therapy could cause more harm than doing nothing at all. Shannon BrownleeJanuary 2, 2013As California’s oldest governor, Jerry Brown has gone out of his...
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Please, stop talking about "health care costs."
"Health care costs" are a constant companion of budget wonks, showing up in every discussion of long-term fiscal policy and discussions of healthcare reform going back decades. But in an Atlantic...
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Ideas for a Smarter SNAP
The first article in last week's Journal of the American Medical Association, coauthored by Health Policy Senior Fellow Susan Blumenthal, presents a compelling argument that the SNAP program (formerly...
View ArticleThe Sidebar: Dispatch from Syria and Spy Doctors
Barak Barfi reports on the real state of the Syrian Civil War after returning from a recent trip to the country, and Charles Kenny explains why mixing public health campaigns with covert operations is...
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BBC: Overuse of Hysterectomies in India
A BBC report from earlier this weeks makes it very clear: overuse of elective medical procedures is not just an American problem, or even just a developed-world problem. The report tells the story of...
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Guest Post: How Nonprofit Hospital Wealth Can Build Assets for Low-Income...
Editor's note: This blog post was authored by David Zuckerman, Research Associate with The Democracy Collaborative at the University of Maryland. Study after study tell us that socioeconomic factors...
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Quick Hit: Canadian Doctor Connects the Dots on Income and Health
Meet Gary Bloch, a family practice doctor living and working in Toronto, Canada. Dr. Bloch takes the time with each patient he sees to remind them to fill out their tax returns, knowing that many will...
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Are Work Hour Restrictions Putting Patients at Risk of Medical Errors?
In July of 2011, as that year’s class of freshly-minted physicians began its journey through residency, the American College of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) instituted a 16-hour limit on shift...
View ArticleMedicaid Is Asset Building?
A new study came out this week evaluating the impact Medicaid coverage has on participants' health, financial lives, and general well-being. Sarah Kliff describes the study design:The research uses...
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What a week!
Medicaid in Oregon First, the big one: yesterday afternoon kicked off a flurry of discussion - some of it rather heated - about the most recent paper (ungated version) to come out of Oregon’s Medicaid...
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"Do I Have Any Business Being a Doctor?" at Zocalo
Our former intern, Catherine Jameson, has just written a fantastic post for Zocalo Public Square on her decision to become a doctor. It's a remarkably human story, and she demonstrates exactly the kind...
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Beyond the Low Wage Social Contract
September 10, 2013Joshua FreedmanMichael LindClick here to download the full paper as a PDF.The issue of low wages has moved to the center of American public debate recently, thanks to protests against...
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Productivity and the Health Care Workforce
October 2, 2013Shannon BrownleeJoe Colucci Thom Walsh, Dartmouth Center for Health Care Delivery Science Click here to download the full paper as a PDF.[Click here to download the full paper.]Since...
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Productivity Measurement in the United States Health System
October 2, 2013Joe Colucci Rick McKellar, Harvard Medical School, and Michael Chernew, Harvard Medical School Click here to download the full paper as a PDF.Improving productivity in health care is,...
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The Fall of Net Neutrality
Marvin Ammori, Future Tense Fellow Slide headline: The Fall of Net Neutrality The battle has been lost...but now we can finally win the war. Image credit: Flickr / US Mission Geneva...
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Pay More, Get Less
How American Socio-Economic Policy Is Falling Short April 30, 2014Joshua FreedmanURL: http://newamerica.net/sites/newamerica.net/files/policydocs/Freedman_PayMoreGetLess_FinalNAF2014.pdf Click here...
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Integrating Public Assistance Programs: A Perspective from the Field
This past fall I worked with the San Diego Hunger Coalition as a fellow of the National Emerson Hunger Fellowship, which trains leaders to fight domestic hunger, poverty, and racism at both the local...
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4 Tips for Organizing Unstructured Events Without Going Insane
Crafting high-quality civic technology — projects and tools designed withsocial impact in mind — requires thought, creativity, and intentionality — the strength to ask:“Will this project actually have...
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Fast Track Eases Medicaid Enrollment, but Implementation Matters Too
Relatively simple policy changes can make a big difference in helping people get access to health insurance – and health coverage helps many families stay afloat in the wake of a medical issue. In the...
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