Preserving Meaningful External Review Despite Insurers’ Rulification of Medical Necessity
Insurers are increasingly crafting their coverage terms in ways that undermine a vital consumer protection.
Affordable Care Act
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Read more: A Legislative Override Could Save the ACA (and Fix Other Misapplications of Health Laws) A Legislative Override Could Save the ACA (and Fix Other Misapplications of Health Laws)
The Biden administration could use legislative overrides to address any number of incorrect judicial interpretations of federal health laws.
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Read more: Be a Transformational President, Mr. Biden: Launch a Commission to Create an Ethical Health Care System Be a Transformational President, Mr. Biden: Launch a Commission to Create an Ethical Health Care System
My message for President Joe Biden and his administration is a simple one. Invite physicians to create an ethical health care system.
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Read more: The Ongoing Step Therapy Debate The Ongoing Step Therapy Debate
Senator Lisa Murkowski’s reintroduction of the Safe Step Act has revived the debate over the prudence of step therapy protocols.
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Read more: How a Public Option Would Lead to Single Payer How a Public Option Would Lead to Single Payer
In this post, I walk through three ways that many public option proposals would pave the way for single payer.
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Read more: Advantages of Using the Congressional Review Act to Revoke Health Care Waivers Advantages of Using the Congressional Review Act to Revoke Health Care Waivers
Revocations through the administrative process could undermine the stability of all waivers, but revocations through the CRA would not.
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Read more: What the Supreme Court’s ACA Ruling Might Mean for Nonprofit Hospitals What the Supreme Court’s ACA Ruling Might Mean for Nonprofit Hospitals
California v. Texas could have profound implications for the standards to which nonprofit hospitals are held.
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Read more: Private Law Alternatives to the Individual Mandate: Video Preview with Wendy Netter Epstein Private Law Alternatives to the Individual Mandate: Video Preview with Wendy Netter Epstein
Wendy Netter Epstein gives a preview of her paper, “Private Law Alternatives to the Individual Mandate,” which she will present on November 2.
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Read more: Short-Term, Limited-Duration Insurance May Be Here to Stay Short-Term, Limited-Duration Insurance May Be Here to Stay
Short-term, limited-duration insurance may be here to stay despite legal attacks, poor branding, and a potential Democrat victory in the upcoming election.
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Read more: Concerns Raised by ‘Georgia Access’ 1332 Waiver Application Concerns Raised by ‘Georgia Access’ 1332 Waiver Application
Commenters so far have raised various issues, including concerns about how the waiver would, if granted, impact access to treatment for mental illness.
