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A group of health care advisers and insurance commissioners at the Brookings Institution discussed approaches to eliminate surprise out-of-network medical bills. Panelists shared real-life e…

A group of health care advisers and insurance commissioners at the Brookings Institution discussed approaches to eliminate surprise out-of-network medical bills. Panelists shared real-life e…

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar delivered remarks on proposed changes to Medicare Part B prescription drug prices. The Trump administration argues the changes would lower costs…

Health care experts discussed a merit-based physician payment system for Medicare at an event in Washington, DC, hosted by the Brookings Institution and the University of Southern California…

The Brookings Institution released a report examining the conditions in ten states concerning individual health care market stability. Mark Hall, a senior fellow with Brookings and the autho…

Officials from health insurance groups and advocacy groups testified on proposed mergers within the industry, and the impact of those mergers on consumers. Aetna was attempting to acquire Hu…

The Brookings Institution’s' Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform hosted a forum on transparency within medical data. Three panels of health care policy and data experts talked about heal…

The Brookings Institution hosted a four-panel forum on health care policy and accountable care organizations (ACOs). These groups of doctors and health workers aim to provide quality care wh…

Panelists used slides as they talked about provider networks, health care costs, and access to care under health plans sold through insurance marketplaces. They discussed whether networks ha…

Panelists talked about both long-term overall health care spending and spending on programs such as medicare. They also proposed solutions for slowing down spending on both.

Panelists talked about ways to end Medicare’s current structure, which pays based on the quantity of services provided rather than the health of the patient. Dana Safran in her remarks said …

The panels of health care policy experts and insurance company executives talked about the financing of the health care system. Topics included the Massachusetts health care system, financin…

Panelists discussed Medicaid and other health insurance issues facing poor families with children. They spoke about the need for adequate Medicaid funding on both state and federal levels. T…

Health care experts talked about the costs of insurance coverage and rising prices. After their remarks they answered audience questions.

Participants relayed study findings from The New England Journal of Medicine that examined primary care physicians' scope of care. They focused on the particular concern of physicians who we…

Witnesses testified on the presidential health care reform proposal and its effects on senior citizens and the Social Security system.