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Why the ACA is misunderstood
There tends to be a lot of confusion over what exactly the Affordable Care Act is because American healthcare is confusing to begin with, according to Harvard Chan School’s John McDonough.
Medicaid expansion good for state budgets
Medicaid expansion does increase state spending, but the cost is covered by the federal revenue provided through the program, according to Benjamin Sommers, professor of health policy and economics at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Cohort experience of doctoral program appeals to this extrovert
Bryan Buckley, the first African American male to graduate from the School’s DrPH program, wanted to grow and learn from fellow students May 26, 2020 – Bryan Buckley, DrPH ’20, comes from a big Caribbean family. “One grandfather is…
What would health care reform mean for Massachusetts hospitals?
Nearly every hospital in Massachusetts would be affected by the different health care reform policies currently being debated by Democratic presidential candidates because Medicare almost always pays hospitals less than private health insurance companies, according to a February…
Op-ed: Medicare for All not politically feasible
Medicare for All has been a hotly debated topic during the 2020 presidential campaign season so far. John McDonough argued in a February 21, 2020 op-ed in Health Affairs that too much time has been spent discussing the…
Poll: Reducing health care costs top priority for most Americans
About 80% of Americans say reducing health care and prescription drug costs are their top priorities, regardless of party affiliation, according to a new POLITICO-Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health survey. In a Politico article published on February…
Fewer families worried about medical bills, but decline slowing
Results from a 2018 survey found that slightly more than 14% of respondents said they belonged to a family struggling to pay for medical bills in the U.S. A February 12, 2020, Associated Press article noted that the…
Would Medicare for All affect how much money people earn?
Implementing a Medicare for All system would have broad effects on the American economy, though understanding the precise impact is difficult, according to experts. In a February 3, 2020 New York Times column, Austin Frakt, senior research scientist…
Op-ed: Repairing and expanding the health care system in Canada
Although Canadians take pride in the fairness of both their society and their health care system, inequities continue to exist in both, according to a recent op-ed co-authored by Andrew Boozary, a visiting scientist in Harvard T.H. Chan…
How realistic is a single-payer health care system in the U.S.?
The question of how feasible a single-payer health care system in the U.S. is has taken on prominence as Democratic presidential candidates continue to spar over different policy proposals, with some promising to implement a Medicare for All…