health-policy

"In our state, the least attractive of those tools is to just cut people off the program," said Jonathan Seib, a health-policy adviser to Gov.

Governors Scramble to Rein In Medicaid Sara Murray 2011

Such meals at school or child care help children maintain a healthy weight, and expanding access to them may be the best tool for fighting childhood obesity, according to a study published last year in Health Affairs, a health-policy journal.

Summer Cuts Launch Lunch Scramble Vauhini Vara 2011

Analyses by health-policy experts indicate that Part D premiums are going up an average of 10 percent, to $40.72 monthly.

Medicare beneficiaries can decide in November about prescription drug coverage Michelle Andrews 2010

Linda Blumberg , a senior fellow in the health-policy center at Urban Institute, a nonpartisan think tank, says the low enrollment likely reflects the lack of premium assistance for those with low incomes, high cost-sharing requirements, the six-month wait and the need for additional outreach.

Another Pricing Test for Insuring People With Pre-Existing Conditions AnnaMaria Andriotis 2011

Some health-policy experts, though, have questioned paying so much for a drug that may lengthen life for a relatively short time.

Setback for Dendreon Cancer Drug Thomas Gryta 2011

Analyses by health-policy experts indicate that Part D premiums are going up an average of 10 percent, to $40.72 monthly.

Medicare beneficiaries can decide in November about prescription drug coverage Michelle Andrews 2010

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, a group of conservative health-policy experts began looking for an alternative to the employer-mandate proposal that ultimately became a central pillar of Bill Clinton's health-care reform effort.

Should Everyone Be Required to Have Health Insurance? 2012

Linda Blumberg , a senior fellow in the health-policy center at Urban Institute, a nonpartisan think tank, says the low enrollment likely reflects the lack of premium assistance for those with low incomes, high cost-sharing requirements, the six-month wait and the need for additional outreach.

Another Pricing Test for Insuring People With Pre-Existing Conditions AnnaMaria Andriotis 2011

Some health-policy experts have questioned the possible approval of a drug that carries a high price tag and may lengthen life for a relatively short period of time.

Medicare to Cover Drug for Prostate Cancer Thomas M. Burton 2011

The technology to fix that problem exists, says Valerie Fleishman , executive director of NEHI, a national health-policy research institute based in Cambridge, Mass.

How Can You Help the Medicine Go Down? Katherine Hobson 2011