HCMG 250 Lecture 8: Week 8 Notes
4 Apr 2016
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Hw: just poke around the website, like california"s. Theory to practice bound to have issues not thought to occur/no time to smooth out details in the act until it was passed. If you don"t have this, you"re going to have adverse selection. Major budget issue of the us: must fix this before other budget problems. Rescissions (insurance company take back insurance from patient not reporting a past medical condition, sometimes abused by insurance company) Ex: a million dollar of lifetime costs (what happens if you developed a serious condition and used up your limit?) Medicare part d drug cost donut hole (reduce initially and eventually eliminate)( . Children may remain on parent"s health plan until age 26. Medical care costs attributable to rct participation covered. Primary and preventative care:(try to increase the amount of primary care doctors) Increase medicare and medicaid payments for primary care providers. Creates financial incentives for new health professionals to practice primary care (bonuses)
