Medicare-for-All Would Eliminate Most or All of Medicaid, But No One Is Talking About It July 18, 2019 Perspective In this Axios column, Drew Altman explores the large implications of eliminating Medicaid in a Medicare-for-all system—an issue that has not received much attention in the current debate.
JAMA Forum: The Stark Choices Ahead on the Future of Health Care March 22, 2012 Perspective Larry Levitt’s March 2012 post for the JAMA Forum is now online.
JAMA Forum: The Future of Private Insurance May 4, 2012 Perspective “The Future of Private Insurance,” Larry Levitt’s May 2012 post for the JAMA Forum, is now online.
JAMA Forum: After Supreme Court Ruling on the Health Care Law, Focus Turns to the States … and November June 28, 2012 Perspective “After Supreme Court Ruling on the Health Care Law, Focus Turns to the States … and November,” Larry Levitt’s June 2012 post for The JAMA Forum, is now online.
JAMA Forum: The Middle Class Tax Break Hardly Anyone Is Talking About August 2, 2012 Perspective “The Middle Class Tax Break Hardly Anyone Is Talking About,” Larry Levitt’s August 2012 post for The JAMA Forum, is now available online.
JAMA Forum: What Is Health Care Cost Containment? September 6, 2012 Perspective “What Is Health Care Cost Containment?” Larry Levitt’s September 2012 contribution to The JAMA Forum, is now available online.
JAMA Forum: Hard Questions on Health Care October 16, 2012 Perspective “Hard Questions on Health Care,” Larry Levitt’s October 2012 post on The JAMA Forum, is now available online.
Don’t Expect Medicaid Work Requirements to Make a Big Difference April 3, 2017 Perspective Under the Trump Administration, some Republican governors may look to move their Medicaid programs in a more conservative direction. In his latest column for Axios, Drew Altman discusses the arguments about Medicaid “work requirements” and why few people are likely to be affected by them in practice.
Why Trump’s Dealmaking Model Doesn’t Fit Health Care Policy April 20, 2017 Perspective In this column as an Axios contributor, Drew Altman discusses President Trump’s threat to withhold cost sharing subsidies and questions whether his approach to deal making can bridge health care’s partisan and ideological divide. “Health policy is not like real estate,” he says.
The Great Medicaid Divide June 21, 2017 Perspective In his Axios column, Drew Altman examines how the core views Republicans have about Medicaid differ from those of Democrats and Independents, and how those views drive the policy changes they are proposing for the program.