Some thoughts on health insurance in the United States

Health System Reform in the United States

In 2010, the United States adopted its first-ever comprehensive set of health system reforms in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Implementation of the law, though politically contentious and controversial, has now reached a stage where reversal of most elements of the law is no longer feasible. The controversial portions of the law that expand affordable health insurance coverage to most U.S. cit...

Health Insurance in the United States

with low income, such as low education, the inability to speak English, and residence in areas with high levels of pollution, also contribute to poor health.2 Equally important, the link between poverty and poor health does not go in just one direction. Poor health is a contributing factor to low incomes and poverty. People with chronic medical conditions frequently are poor because they cannot...

Health insurance in the United States.

About two-thirds of Americans under the age of 65 have health insurance coverage. This leaves 43 million without. Sixteen million people with insurance are underinsured. Lack of insurance and inadequate insurance have serious consequences for individuals, families, and the country. This article provides facts about the current system of health insurance in the United States and government refor...

Some thoughts provoked by a year in the United States.

Public Spending on Health Service and Policy Research in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States: A Modest Proposal

Health services and policy research (HSPR) represent a multidisciplinary field which integrates knowledge from health economics, health policy, health technology assessment, epidemiology, political science among other fields, to evaluate decisions in health service delivery. Health service decisions are informed by evidence at the clinical, organizational, and policy level, levels with distinct...