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Health Policy Update
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Research strategies for overcoming legal and political barriers to health care equity
Amid rising pushback against diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, a group of health equity scholars shares strategies for centering evidence and leveraging the law to achieve justice in health care.
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Health care affordability improved between 2019 and 2022 under pandemic health coverage policies
Also, racial and ethnic disparities in health care affordability narrowed, and affordability gains reached families with both low and high incomes.
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The Medicare Advantage (MA) Quality Bonus Program (QBP)
Major changes to the MA QBP are needed to create a program more aligned with helping beneficiaries make informed choices and encouraging MA organizations to improve performance.
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Practical policy steps to limit provider prices in commercial health insurance markets
Price caps and price growth limits can address market failure that produces high provider prices. These policies would promote insurance affordability and lessen payment inequities across providers but come with operational challenges.
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Racial, ethnic, and payer disparities in adverse safety events
Findings suggest the hospitals most adept at achieving safe care overall are no better at identifying and narrowing inequities in the delivery of that care.
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