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Massachusetts aims to cut growth of its health costs
Coverage in the New York Times, August 1, 2012, featuring HSPH's Nancy Turnbull
Consumer information unlikely to contribute to lower health care costs in Massachusetts
Harvard School of Public Health experts Leonard Marcus and Ashish Jha commented on the new bill passed by Massachusetts lawmakers on July 31, 2012 aimed at controlling health care spending in the Commonwealth, in a Boston Globe story…
Impact of Medicaid on health of the poor
An HSPH study showing potential health benefits of states expanding Medicaid to more low-income adults under the Affordable Care Act, and possible serious negative consequences of not doing so, was cited in a New York Times editorial July…
New IOM report: demanding value from our health care system
Within the past decade, health care costs have risen by 88% and are expected to account for 18% of GDP in 2012. Many patients can no longer afford their health care and 40% of patients with a serious…
Medicaid expansion may lower death rates, study says
Coverage in the New York Times, July 25, 2012, featuring HSPH's Benjamin Sommers
Expanding Medicaid to low-income adults leads to improved health, fewer deaths
As States Consider Expansion Following Supreme Court Ruling on Health Reform, Study Shows Significant Benefits of Covering More People For immediate release: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 Boston, MA - A new study from Harvard School of Public Health…
Federal payment changes may harm hospitals serving poor
Hospitals that treat mostly poor and uninsured patients generally perform slightly worse than others when patients rate their hospital experiences, according to a study led by Harvard School of Public Health researchers. The lower patient ratings could negatively…
Health cost bill may not attack key problem
Coverage in the Boston Globe, July 15, 2012, featuring HSPH's Nancy Turnbull
HSPH experts comment on Supreme Court health care ruling
Harvard School of Public Health experts provided analysis to major news outlets following the Supreme Court’s decision on June 28, 2012 to uphold most of the Obama administration’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), the health care…
After supreme court health care law ruling, expert panelists discuss politics, costs, more
June 29, 2012 -- In a wide-ranging panel discussion at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) on the ramifications of the Supreme Court’s historic health care law ruling, experts addressed some of the biggest questions on people’s minds:…
