Health Care Costs

Conversations around health equity and social determinants of health have received heightened attention and are continuously evolving within the health policy community. The COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with eye-opening events that garnered international attention, has been one of the health policy community’s greatest teachers, putting equity and health justice at top of mind and accelerating multi-sectoral […]

Download an overview of this event for easy sharing » Medicare payment reform aims to increase quality health care for Medicare beneficiaries and improve the program’s financial sustainability. This briefing provided background on Medicare payment reform, including new value-based models that have evolved over the past decade. Panelists provided a landscape overview of the most promising […]

Download an overview of this event for easy sharing » There is no shortage of proposed solutions to reduce health care costs and expand coverage in the U.S. However, central to many policy options is the concept of increased market competition and/or increased regulation of health care insurance markets. In other U.S. markets, competition is a […]

This multi-day virtual academy equipped staffers at the start of their career in health policy (or those that needed a refresher) with practical knowledge about fundamental facets of the health care system and the policymaking process. Sessions will feature speakers with experience working in/with federal policy institutions, including Congress and the executive branch. Topics addressed […]

The Medicare program is the largest purchaser of health care in the United States, spending more than $700 billion annually. As of February 2021, the Congressional Budget Office predicts that the Hospital Insurance (HI) Trust Fund (one of two funds that pay for parts of the Medicare program) will be insolvent by 2026—meaning it will […]

Download an overview of this event for easy sharing » Budgetary and spending pressures heavily influence the design of Congressional policy changes, especially in health care. Budget Reconciliation is a special legislative process, created in the 1970s, that is intended to facilitate tax and spending changes to meet a recommended Congressional Budget Resolution cost or saving […]

As decreed by the constitution, the United States must complete a census every ten years, and attempt to count every resident in the country. The census’s primary purpose is to apportion the number of seats for each state in the U.S. House of Representatives. However, the decennial count also shapes many health policy issues, including […]

COVID-19 Webinar Series Overview This COVID-19 Webinar Series synthesizes the information in the headlines to provide cohesive insight into the status of the response and remaining gaps in the system that must be addressed to limit the severity of the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States. Session 16 – The Changing Landscape of Primary Care […]

We would like to invite you to join us for a day-long conference focusing on the fundamentals of health policy, the American health care system, and how it relates to the legislative process. “Health Policy Academy” is ideal for Congressional staff members looking to expand and strengthen their knowledge of health policy through panel discussions […]