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Review: Compassionate Care For The Living And The Dying, Browne C. Lewis
Review: Compassionate Care For The Living And The Dying, Browne C. Lewis
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This is a review of "The End of End-of Life Law" (92 N.C.L. Rev. 1693 (2014), by Lois L. Shepard. In light of medical advances and increasing health care costs, conversations about end-of-life care will continue to occur. A significant portion of the discussion will focus on ways to handle surrogate decision-making. The practical suggestions Professor Shepherd includes in her article could be a valuable part of that dialogue.
Beyond Payment And Delivery Reform: The Individual Mandate’S Cost-Control Potential, Abigail R. Moncrieff, Manisha Padi
Beyond Payment And Delivery Reform: The Individual Mandate’S Cost-Control Potential, Abigail R. Moncrieff, Manisha Padi
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Obamacare's individual mandate, minimum coverage requirements, elimination of cost-sharing for preventive care, and minimum medical loss ratios work together to decrease patients' decision costs, steering patients to particular choices that Congress deemed most efficient. If those regulations succeed in improving the efficiency of patients' healthcare and insurance choices, then the resulting demand-side forces can help to decrease prices. This brief Essay does not attempt to evaluate the regulations' success; it merely highlights the cost-control implications of Obamcare's demand-side measures, noting that discussions of cost control should not focus exclusively on the statute's supply-side effects.