Making Healthcare More Affordable
A blog by Robyn Tessin, AHA director of policy, discusses the ways value-based care can meet patients’ needs, resulting in improved affordability and access to timely, coordinated care. “The promise of value-based care is a healthcare system that feels less like a collection of separate…
For patients, healthcare affordability is about more than the price of an individual service. It is also about whether the healthcare system meets their needs.
A blog by Shannon Wu, AHA director of payment policy, explains why having access to care close to home and the existence of rural hospitals are fundamental factors of healthcare affordability.
Healthcare affordability discussions often focus on premiums, deductibles and drug prices.
A new blog details how healthcare costs impact businesses of all sizes and how recommendations from a recent AHA report on affordability can help improve costs, access and quality. “Employers need affordability solutions that do more than shift costs from one part of the system to another,” writes…
In our previous blog, we examined what the AHA’s affordability recommendations could mean for patients. Now we turn to another critical stakeholder group: employers.
A blog by Molly Smith, AHA group vice president of public policy, highlights how the healthcare system can better help patients reduce their need for complex, costly care and lower their direct costs.
Unacceptably, millions of Americans are struggling with healthcare costs. Many have chosen to skip prescriptions or other needed care because of concerns about costs; 4 in 10 Americans have medical debt.
AHA comments on the CMS’ request for information on the Essential Health Benefits (EBH) framework and the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that the scope of EHB be equal to the scope of benefits provided under a typical employer plan.
An op-ed from AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack published July 10 by Fierce Healthcare explains why healthcare affordability is driven by several factors.