Report Summarizes Public Health Study Findings from Robert F Wagner Graduate School of Public Service (Options for Dialing Down From Single Payer)

Health Policy and Law Daily

2019 DEC 20 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health Policy and Law Daily -- Investigators publish new report on Health and Medicine - Public Health. According to news originating from New York City, New York, by NewsRx editors, the research stated, “There are formidable institutional obstacles to passing a single-payer health program in the United States. Advocates should consider incremental improvements that may better match legislative realities.”

Financial support for this research came from Commonwealth Fund.

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the Robert F Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, “There are three potential directions for incremental coverage policy. One possibility is to build on the successes of the Affordable Care Act; this might include rolling back regulatory changes, further incentivizing Medicaid expansion, enhancing coverage in the Affordable Care Act marketplaces, and imposing regulations on private employer-based insurance to ensure that all Americans have access to affordable coverage that provides adequate financial security. A second direction is to offer more publicly sponsored insurance options, which might involve offering a public option to those eligible for marketplace coverage, creating a Medicare or Medicaid buy-in program, lowering the eligibility age for Medicare, or developing a public plan that serves as adefault for those who do not choose to buy alternative private coverage. A third direction is to build on federalism, offering states incentives to expand coverage.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Federal and state legislators could also consider incremental cost-containment steps, such as rate setting.”

For more information on this research see: Options for Dialing Down From Single Payer. American Journal of Public Health, 2019;109(11):1517-1520. American Journal of Public Health can be contacted at: Amer Public Health Assoc Inc, 800 I Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001-3710, USA.

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from S. Glied, New York University, Robert F Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, 295 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10012, United States.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2019.305299. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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