Health Care Reform
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Triumphs, Challenges, and Lessons Learned from US Health Care Reform: A Rigorous Reflection by President Barack Obama
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This is the first piece celebrating the Chicago Policy Review‘s 20th Anniversary Series. Please visit us here to learn more about the series from our Executive Editors. Health care reform has arguably been the Obama administration’s most significant legislative achievement since 2008. Various authors, including some of our own at the Chicago Policy Review,…
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Observations from a New Frontier: Medicare’s Experience with Risk Adjustment
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New research suggests Medicare’s switch to risk-adjusted payments did not reduce overpayments. This example highlights the complexities of healthcare payment reform.
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Medical Monopoly: Could Too Much Collaboration in Health Care Yield Higher Prices?
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Accountable Care Organizations aim to make healthcare more efficient through closer relationships between physicians and hospitals, but a new study suggests that too much coziness might result in increased costs.
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Health IT—Helpful or Not?
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A disappointing performance for health information technology and Electronic Medical Records in a study of Medicare Patient outcomes
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Slowpokes
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Despite attention from federal policymakers, the transition to the digital future remains elusive for some hospitals.
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Where Will We Be Without the Individual Mandate?
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With the Supreme Court considering the constitutionality of the individual mandate, how worried should policymakers be if the mandate must be abandoned?