The Affordable Care Act as a national experiment : health policy innovations and lessons

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    • Selker, Harry P.
    • Wasser, June S.

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The Affordable Care Act as a national experiment : health policy innovations and lessons

Harry P. Selker, June S. Wasser, editors

Springer, c2014

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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This book examines the landmark 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) from the perspective of health policy research as translational science. It delineates a new perspective about the creation and potential impact of the ACA and guides the development of health policy that is supported by best evidence that, in turn, transforms into practice, policy, and public benefit. Told by those involved in the creation and implementation of the ACA, the book reviews the history and impact of this ground-breaking legislation and recommends priorities, objectives, and next steps for translational research as the ACA is implemented. The book includes coverage of these topics: * Objectives of the ACA * Analysis of data collected from healthcare reform programs in Vermont and Massachusetts to inform national implementation of the ACA * Engaging the public in, and building support for, ACA implementation * Interplay of federal, state, and local healthcare policy decisions arising from the enforcement of the ACA Featuring contributions from nationally renowned leaders in healthcare policy, this book adds to the public conversation about the ACA and its role in shaping health policy and contributes to a more realistic, nuanced, and productive understanding of this landmark legislation by physicians, policy makers, and the public. It also provides a framework for next steps in continuing to improve U.S. health policy.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: The Affordable Care Act as a National Experiment Harry P. Selker Section I Implementing Change: Objectives of the ACA 2. Objectives of the ACA James Roosevelt, Jr, Terence Burke, and Paul Jean 3. Delivering on the Promise of the Affordable Care Act Kavita Patel and Mallory West 4. What We Got (and What Might Have Been): A Distinctively American Approach Shawn Bishop Section II Don't Get Mad, Get Data: Conducting the Experiment 5. Commentary to Section II: Conducting the Experiment Brian Rosman 6. The Affordable Care Act as an Experiment: Data We Have, Expect to Have, and Should Have, from a Vermont Pilot Study Anya Rader Wallack 7. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation: Its Purpose, Processes, and Desired Outcomes Harry P. Selker 8. The Dream of a National Health Information Technology Infrastucture Craig Brammer 9. Results from a Massachusetts Pilot Study JudyAnn Bigby Section III Make it a People Issue: Engaging the Public 10. Commentary to Section III: Engaging the Public June S. Wasser 11. The Value Proposition for Individuals and the Public Bruce E. Landon and Stuart Altman 12. Messaging, Medicine, and Obamacare Ceci Connolly Section IV From Personal to Political to Policy: What Next? 13. Commentary to Section IV: From Personal to Political to Policy: What Next? James Roosevelt, Jr, Terence Burke, Paul Jean 14. Supreme Court Review of the ACA and Political Gamesmanship Shawn Bishop 15. Medicaid Expansion Challenges States JudyAnn Bigby 16. Next Experiments in ACA Legislation and Policy John McDonough 17. Epilogue Harry P. Selker Index

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