The prices private health insurers pay hospitals have long been above those paid by Medicare and Medicaid. But in recent years, the difference between public and private prices has grown tremendously. Why? Read my latest AcademyHealth post for more.
The prices private health insurers pay hospitals have long been above those paid by Medicare and Medicaid. But in recent years, the difference between public and private prices has grown tremendously. Why? Read my latest AcademyHealth post for more.
Austin Frakt, PhD, is co-Editor-in-Chief of The Incidental Economist and tweets at @afrakt. His day job is Director of the Partnered Evidence-based Policy Resource Center at the Boston VA Healthcare System, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. He is also a Professor with the Department of Health Law, Policy and Management at the Boston University’s School of Public Health, a Principal Research Scientist with the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Health Services Research.
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