Steve Bruns, MPP, Staff Writer, Brief Policy Perspectives Balancing the tradeoff between access and affordability is a key challenge of enacting reform in the health insurance marketplace. Policies… Read more “Proposed rule would expand association health plans at the expense of the sick”
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GW WonkCast S3E3-1: Below the Fold
Data servers, eggs, and memos are all cracking. This week’s Below the Fold covers the CareFirst health care data breach, the Nunes memo that alleges the FBI abused its… Read more “GW WonkCast S3E3-1: Below the Fold”
With Tax Plan, Senate Submits Bid to Destabilize ACA Marketplace
Steve Bruns, MPP, Staff Writer, Brief Policy Perspectives Senate Republicans announced that the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, heralded as the first potential legislative achievement of the Trump… Read more “With Tax Plan, Senate Submits Bid to Destabilize ACA Marketplace”
Amid Signs of Stability, White House Injects Uncertainty into ACA Marketplace
Steve Bruns, MPP, Staff Writer, Brief Policy Perspectives Just this past summer, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Health Plan announced that insurance premiums in the Affordable… Read more “Amid Signs of Stability, White House Injects Uncertainty into ACA Marketplace”
Weigh The Evidence: The Potential of Medical Marijuana to Address The Opioid Epidemic
By Steve Bruns, MPP, Staff Writer, Brief Policy Perspectives Attorney General Jeff Sessions recently delivered a two-word verdict on medical marijuana as an antidote to the ever-growing… Read more “Weigh The Evidence: The Potential of Medical Marijuana to Address The Opioid Epidemic”
If it ain’t broke, don’t repeal it
Steve Bruns, MPP, Staff Writer, Brief Policy Perspectives In 1977, Bert Lance, director of the Office of Management and Budget under President Jimmy Carter, urged the federal government… Read more “If it ain’t broke, don’t repeal it”
Medical Cures Moves to the Senate, but Funding Questions Complicate Future
Paul Melmeyer, MPP Earlier this summer the House passed the 21st Century Cures Act by a 344-77 vote, and the bill was unanimously approved by the Energy… Read more “Medical Cures Moves to the Senate, but Funding Questions Complicate Future”
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