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JAMA Forum: Why the Ruckus Over the Cadillac Plan Tax?
Larry Levitt’s October 2015 post explains the terms of the much-debated Cadillac plan tax, how it is designed to reduce health costs, and how it could end up shifting more costs to workers.
Read PostTwo Substantive Sides to Debate Over Obamacare’s ‘Cadillac Tax’
In this column for The Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank, Drew Altman says debate about whether to keep or repeal the Cadillac tax is more than a debate between sound policy and good politics, there are strong substantive arguments on both sides.
Column Read PostWhy Consumer Issues Are Rising on the Health Agenda
In this column for The Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank, Drew Altman examines the trends that may be leading to a rise in consumer cost issues on the health agenda.
Column Read PostHow Primary-Care Physicians Are Handling the Influx of Newly Insured
In this column for The Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank, Kaiser’s President Drew Altman is joined by The Commonwealth Fund’s President David Blumenthal to discuss the impact of the Affordable Care Act’s coverage expansion on the primary care delivery system.
Column Read PostWhy Higher Drug Costs Are Consumers’ Biggest Cost Worry
In this column for The Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank, Drew Altman discusses why public concern over drug prices is the “tip of the iceberg” representing broader concerns about out-of-pocket health care costs.
Column Read PostL.A. Times Op-Ed: Would the GOP’s healthcare ideas work? It depends on your definition of ‘work.’
Larry Levitt’s August 2015 piece analyzes Affordable Care Act replacement plans proposed by 2016 Republican presidential candidates, and compares them to the health care law. The post is now available at the Los Angeles Times.
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