Lowering the cost of insurance in Colorado – a new analysis of the Peak Health Alliance
By: Mark Meiselbach, Assistant Professor of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University and Matthew Eisenberg, Associate Professor of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University A community-led partnership in Colorado designed to negotiate health care prices lowered health care premiums in 2020 and 2021, we find in our new paper in the Journal of Risk and Insurance. The nonprofit […]
Preventive care is free by law, but many Americans get incorrectly billed − especially if you’re poor, a person of color or don’t have a college degree
By: Alex Hoagland, Assistant Professor of Health Economics, University of Toronto and Michal Horný, Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management, UMass Amherst Even though preventive care is supposed to be free by law for millions of Americans thanks to the Affordable Care Act, many don’t receive recommended preventive services, especially racial and ethnic minorities and other at-risk patient […]