Sunday, March 26, 2023 | The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs
Dear John, If you enjoy the research we publish at Health Affairs, check out our YouTube channel to watch previously recorded policy briefings featuring authors from our recent issues.
Ahead Of Print
How would reducing Medicare Advantage (MA) plan benchmarks impact
consumers?
A new study released ahead of print earlier this week seeks to answer this question amidst growing concerns that MA plans are overpaid, prompting some proposals to make cuts to the program.
Opponents of such cuts have argued that they would reduce the availability of benefits overall, especially to disadvantaged
populations.
Michael Chernew and coauthors use variation in benchmark changes across markets from 2012 to 2019 to assess the relationship between Medicare Advantage benchmarks, plan generosity, and benefits.
According to the authors' analysis, a decrease of $1,000 per year in benchmarks would result in a $60 per year premium increase per beneficiary, small copay increases, and increases of about $27 in annual deductibles
Further, Chernew and coauthors estimate that higher benchmarks also would lead to reductions in cost sharing.
A Health Podyssey: Mariana Socal on the Global Supply Chain for Generic
Drugs Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Mariana Socal from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health on a recently published paper examining sources of production and levels of competition in the global supply chain for generic drugs sold in the United States.
Health Affairs' Jessica Bylander and Chris Fleming dive into the complex world of insulin pricing and recent efforts to control costs for the millions of Americans with diabetes.
Community & State is the business segment of UnitedHealthcare that provides health care coverage for the economically disadvantaged, the medically
underserved and those without the benefit of employer-funded health plans. These state-based health plans meet local needs, while leveraging the national resources of UnitedHealthcare.
Are you looking to get your brand in front of health industry leaders? By advertising with Health Affairs, you can drive traffic to your organization's website and attract the attention of our loyal readership.
With over 41,000 people subscribed to our daily newsletters and over 100,000 subscribed to our weekly newsletter, we can provide you with the opportunity to advertise at scale to health care industry professionals.
Health Affairs is the leading peer-reviewedjournalat the intersection of health, health care, and policy. Published monthly by Project HOPE, the journal is available in print and
online. Late-breaking content is also found through healthaffairs.org, Health Affairs Today, and Health Affairs Sunday Update.
Project HOPE is a global health and humanitarian relief organization that places power in the hands of local health care workers to save lives across the globe. Project HOPE has published Health Affairs since 1981.
