Priority Setting, Cost-Effectiveness, and the Affordable Care Act

Affordable Care Act: lifting the curtain on health care cost.

We have reached a pivotal point in the evolution of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Many of the most comprehensive reforms encompassed in the law will become effective in 2014, and these milestones will be the focus of the media and public debate for the next several months. To date, many of the mandates in the ACA have not been felt by the public, as the first four years of the ACA have created...

Cost Containment and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Colombia: Cost Effectiveness & Priority Setting Case Study

From the Affordable Care Act to Affordable Care.

Continuing the Push for Cost Reductions The single most important issue in health care is eliminating unnecessary medical spending. Health costs have traditionally increased at 1% to 2% annually above the growth of the economy. Long-term financial security requires the growth in cost to slow to economic growth or less. With about one-third of medical spending estimated to be wasted, achieving l...

Interrelation of Preventive Care Benefits and Shared Costs under the Affordable Care Act (ACA)

With the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), access to insurance and coverage of preventive care services has been expanded. By removing the barrier of shared costs for preventive care, it is expected that an increase in utilization of preventive care services will reduce the cost of chronic diseases. Early detection and treatment is anticipated to be less costly than treatment at ...