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Few Consumers Use Information on Health Provider Quality or Price
In this column for The Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank, Drew Altman discusses new poll findings showing very small numbers of consumers are using provider quality and price information.
Column Read PostAt Tax Time, No Public Backlash Over Obamacare’s Individual Mandate
This was published as a Wall Street Journal Think Tank column on April 21, 2015. Tax season has come and gone with no great outbreak of protest about the Affordable Care Act’s least popular provision: the individual mandate. This central element of the ACA was included to help ensure that the individual…
Column Read PostPublic vs. Private Health Insurance on Controlling Spending
In this column for The Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank, Drew Altman analyzes whether public or private health insurance does a better job of controlling costs.
Column Read PostWhy Low Growth in Health Costs Still Stings
This was published as a Wall Street Journal Think Tank column on April 8, 2015. In my last Think Tank piece, I reported that just 3% of Americans felt health costs had been rising more slowly than usual, even though they have been growing at record low rates in recent years. The…
Column Read PostAmericans Don’t Feel the Slowdown in Health Costs
In this column for The Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank, Drew Altman discusses why the health policy agenda may shift to focus more on affordability of coverage, consumer protection and consumer information in coming years.
Column Read PostAfter Five Years, Public Opinion on Health Law Remains Divided
On the Affordable Care Act’s fifth anniversary, Drew Altman’s column for The Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank discusses two views of public opinion on the law.
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