New Health Policy Brief: Medicare’s New Physician Payment System

http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2016/04/22/new-health-policy-brief-medicares-new-physician-payment-system/

Health Policy Brief

http://www.healthaffairs.org/healthpolicybriefs/brief.php?brief_id=156

Six ways Trump’s healthcare plan differs from Obamacare

http://managedhealthcareexecutive.modernmedicine.com/managed-healthcare-executive/news/nine-ways-trump-s-healthcare-plan-differs-obamacare?page=0,0

Competition suffers most if UnitedHealth exits Obamacare in 2017, analysis shows

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/competition-suffers-most-if-unitedhealth-exits-obamacare-2017-analysis-shows?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTjJZMU5UQXhNVFJsWWpSaSIsInQiOiJidFZ1RUN4NjdcLzdLK3VFQTVIeGdxSnNWZHZxdThQemM5a2RScVoxTGRtVmFYUjZkeTl0Rms1U1J0SFlDeW52WmUrWjcyODFvaFFXZkl6aUZZSFB2TGZcL3Y4a3ZrUVpwaFNOOUdjanhlNWZZPSJ9

More than 1 million consumers would be left with a single health plan option, analysis shows.

Healthcare is a major issue to voters in U.S. presidential election

http://www.revenuecycleinsights.com/news/healthcare-major-issue-voters-us-presidential-election?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWldFNU1tWTBaR1JqTXpnNSIsInQiOiJLaDg2S09aMU56ektiYytVNFZKTWduSzlvXC8rSjRreTZzS1h0RWpINzJ6XC8zYjdKbFVOMXIwRXFCQ1RuTVNldVwvaks4YnNNTE9UeVwvMGVKenczVm9WZGRkVlVvWXBWT1BHT08yR0NvVGVqaVE9In0%3D

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Competition Suffers Most If UnitedHealth Exits Obamacare In 2017: Analysis

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UnitedHealth Group Inc. signage stands in front of company headquarters in Minnetonka, Minnesota, U.S., on Wednesday, March 9, 2016. UnitedHealth Group Inc.'s OptumRx unit struck an agreement to ease customers' access to drugs through Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.'s drugstores, a move to help the business compete with rival pharmacy benefit managers. Photographer: Mike Bradley/Bloomberg via Getty Images

 

GOP Promises a Plan to Replace Obamacare … Again

http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2016/04/18/GOP-Promises-Plan-Replace-ObamacareAgain?utm_campaign=541c47950e351dbe08037e5f&utm_source=boomtrain&utm_medium=email&bt_alias=eyJ1c2VySWQiOiJkZmM5MTQ1OS01OWFlLTRlNDAtOWI5NC1hNDVmYTljZWQwOTYifQ%3D%3D

 

‘Innovation Center’ Tries to Reinvent Medicare

http://altarum.org/health-policy-blog/innovation-center-tries-to-reinvent-medicare

Self-Discovery

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/04/18/us/politics/ap-us-reinventing-medicare.html?_r=2&utm_campaign=KHN%3A+First+Edition&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=28546798&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8-_QJHvlQf3ncoPLfUIxBW8nmcJusVUM0tA1nGSU7XVJRgzkLgh2zRmOdqkgAqn34NAbWPmnGDWUMPs4fnfi_u3u_08A&_hsmi=28546798

Significant Shifts Detected In Public Opinion About The ACA

http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2016/04/13/health-affairs-web-first-significant-shifts-detected-in-public-opinion-about-the-aca/

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“The public’s view of health reform is a combination of appreciation of the tangible effects of the ACA and deep reservations about the law flowing from partisan and political distrust,” the authors concluded. “However, the sustained battle over health reform may not preclude incremental changes that advance each party’s agenda within the ACA framework.” Looking ahead, they suggest that “an era of grand vision may transition to one characterized by the slow grind of the legislative process.”