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Behind the Split Over Linking Medicaid Coverage to Work Requirements
In this column for The Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank, Drew Altman analyzes the politics and why the details matter when red states consider linking Medicaid expansion coverage and work requirements.
Column Read PostWomen’s Health Issues Journal: Medicaid at 50: Marking a Milestone for Women’s Health
In this May post for the journal Women’s Health Issues, Alina Salganicoff, Usha Ranji and Laurie Sobel explore Medicaid’s role in providing health coverage for women over the past 50 years and outline key issues going forward. The post is now available here.
Read PostAmericans’ Health Priorities Diverge From Washington’s Focus on Obamacare
In this column for The Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank, Drew Altman finds the public’s healthcare priorities have more to do with drug costs and other real world issues people deal with using the health care system than the ongoing partisan wrangling over the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Column Read PostFew 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.
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