Opinion: Single Payer Health Care’s Time Has Come
Fundamentally, single-payer insurance is about changing the way we pay for the health care we already have….
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Opinion: Single Payer Health Care’s Time Has Come
Fundamentally, single-payer insurance is about changing the way we pay for the health care we already have.... -
Opinion: Single Payer Health Care Would Be Detrimental to Emergency Physicians
If you think health care is expensive now, wait till it’s free.” ―P.J. O’Rourke By the common... -
Insurance Status Tied to Likelihood of Hospital Transfer
Uninsured patients and those with Medicaid are more likely to be transferred from an emergency department to...
Opinion: Single Payer Health Care Would Be Detrimental to Emergency Physicians
If you think health care is expensive now, wait till it’s free.” ―P.J. O’Rourke By the common…
Insurance Status Tied to Likelihood of Hospital Transfer
Uninsured patients and those with Medicaid are more likely to be transferred from an emergency department to…
ACEP Releases New Information Papers
The following information papers were recently approved by the Board of Directors and published on the ACEP…
Study Highlights Lack of Outpatient Services, Even For Insured Patients
Editor’s Note: Read Dr. Cedric Dark’s commentary on this EMRA + PolicyRx Health Policy Journal Club article….
Insurance Does Not Guarantee Access to Follow-Up Appointments
We address a common misconception, even elicited by former President Barack Obama, that increasing health insurance coverage…
Appropriate Use Criteria: Another Hoop for Emergency Physicians to Jump Through?
What are appropriate use criteria (AUC) and why are we hearing about them now? According to the…
U.S. Republicans Quibble Over Effective Date of Obamacare Repeal
(Reuters) – U.S. Republican senators are leaning towards a plan to delay the effective date of an…
Medicaid Expansion Has Been Good for U.S. Hospitals’ Bottom Line
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Hospitals in states that expanded Medicare under the Affordable Care Act have…
States’ Expansion of Medicaid Tied to Better Care for Low-Income Adults
Low-income adults in the U.S. likely benefited if their states expanded Medicaid in 2014 under the Affordable…