Health Care Opinion Leaders' Views on Congressional Priorities

Presents survey results on healthcare experts' support for implementing the 2010 health reform, including the individual mandate, health insurance exchanges, and Medicaid expansion; incentivizing care coordination; and expanding cost-containment pilots

Health Care Opinion Leaders' Views on Health Reform, Implementation, and Post-Reform Priorities

Presents survey results on healthcare experts' views on the comprehensive health reform law enacted in March 2010, including premium subsidies, new insurance market rules, and alternative payment methods; implementation challenges; and long-term issues

Health Care Opinion Leaders' Views on Medicare Reform

Presents findings of a survey of experts on Medicare's successes and proposed reforms, including putting payment pilots on a fast track, negotiating drug prices, and creating an advisory council with authority to make payment and benefit design decisions

How Health Reform Legislation Will Affect Medicare Beneficiaries

Analyzes how provisions in the House and Senate healthcare reform bills and President Barack Obama's proposal would improve Medicare benefits, strengthen the fiscal solvency of the Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, and reduce spending growth

Health Care Opinion Leaders' Views on Transparency and Pricing

Presents survey results on healthcare experts' views on the importance of public access to clinical quality and price information, its role in improving health system performance, and various payment reforms and mechanisms to foster efficiency and value

Health Care Opinion Leaders' Views on Payment System Reform

Presents results of a survey of healthcare experts on the adequacy of the current fee-for-service payment system, reform options, strategies to improve efficiency and effectiveness, and changes to Medicare. Analyzes opinion leaders' responses by sector

Health Care Opinion Leaders' Views on Slowing the Growth of Health Care Costs

Presents results of a survey of experts on the need to slow U.S. healthcare spending growth and on support for cost-reduction strategies, including payment reform and creating a center for comparative effectiveness, as proposed by the Obama administratio

The Impact of Health Reform on Health System Spending

Examines the 2010 healthcare reform law's impact on national health expenditures, through new coverage, savings in public programs, insurance exchanges, and health system modernization; the federal budget; Medicare; and premiums for private coverage

Health Care Opinion Leaders' Views on Vulnerable Populations in the U.S. Health System

Presents survey responses from healthcare experts about the equity of the health system; healthcare reform's potential effects on safety-net institutions, access, and financial protection; and strategies for improving quality of care

Fork in the Road: Alternative Paths to a High Performance U.S. Health System

Estimates the cost savings and coverage rates of three options for healthcare reform: an insurance exchange with no public plan, a public plan paying Medicare rates, and a public plan paying rates midway between Medicare and private plan rates