by Hillary Regan | Jun 29, 2015 | Blog, Learn
The Medicare program has an array of tools, many provided by the Affordable Care Act, for improving beneficiary care and keeping costs under control. Their purpose is to help Medicare greatly expand the proportion of its payments tied to quality or value. This issue...
by Hillary Regan | Jun 10, 2015 | Blog, Learn
In addition to expanding health insurance coverage, one of the Affordable Care Act’s goals is to improve Medicare’s benefits, care, and financial outlook. The second report in our Medicare at 50 Years series describes how the law is strengthening the program for...
by Hillary Regan | May 7, 2015 | Learn
In a New Yorker article this week, Atul Gawande revisits McAllen, Texas. In 2009, Gawande pointed out that Medicare spent about $7,000 more per person annually than the national average in McAllen, sparking a flurry of activity to figure out what was behind the high...
by Hillary Regan | Apr 30, 2015 | Learn
As we approach the 50th anniversary of Medicare this summer, The Commonwealth Fund is launching a new series of publications to assess its historic accomplishments, examine its most pressing challenges, and explore options for strengthening and improving the program...
by Liz Baxter | Oct 21, 2011 | Blog, Learn
Jane Gross, in her piece for the October 15th New York Times, stated eloquently what we at Archimedes/We Can Do Better have been saying for almost six years – Medicare in its current structure needs more than “saving” – it needs transformation...
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