Payment and pricing decisions in health care reform: rate setting, cost control, and public option proposals
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Medicare for all and beyond. Conference brief series
- Author(s):
- Glickman, Aaron, author
- Contributor(s):
- Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, issuing body. United States of Care, issuing body.
- Publication:
- [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania] : Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, June 2020
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Cost Control Health Care Reform -- economics Insurance, Health -- economics Rate Setting and Review Medicaid -- economics Medicare -- economics United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- The financial strain on health systems and providers during the COVID-19 pandemic highlights the fragility of our current payment and pricing models. In February 2020, Penn's Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics (LDI) held a conference, Medicare for All and Beyond: Expanding Coverage, Containing Costs, which included a panel discussion on payment and pricing. Public and private insurers pay strikingly different prices for the same services; one study estimated that commercial health insurers pay nearly 4-5 times as much as Medicare and Medicaid for the kinds of care COVID-19 patients require. The broader issue of payment and pricing will figure heavily in upcoming health care reform debates, and is central to the affordability and sustainability of any proposal.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (6 unnumbered pages)).
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101769659 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101769659