Aaron Wesolowski, AHA Vice President of Research Strategy and Policy Communications

Articles

Marketplace Issues/Stability, Setting the Record Straight, Fraud

Setting the Record Straight: Separating Fact from Fiction on Health Insurance Marketplace Fraud

It is imperative that policymakers understand that Paragon developed their allegations of large-scale “fraud” in health care using inaccurate data, dubious assumptions, and an apparent lack of understanding of how health insurance actually works.

Hospital Data, Setting the Record Straight

Unequal Transparency: How Hospitals Report More Data than Any Other Entity in the Health Care Sector

Imagine if the government required health insurance and drug companies to account for every dollar they spent, audit those data, and publicly report those numbers. The pushback would be tremendous, yet that is the reality for hospitals and health systems operating in the U.S.