Summary Advocacy Grand Rounds - 2024 Health Care Policy Priorities (Youtube) youtu.be
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Larry Levitt of the Kaiser Family Foundation highlights 10 key healthcare policy areas, such as healthcare reform, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), drug pricing, and Medicare.
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Key Points
- Eric Sullivan introduces Larry Levitt from the Kaiser Family Foundation in an Advocacy Grand Rounds session.
- Larry Levitt discusses ten key health policy priorities to watch in the coming year, including healthcare reform, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and drug prices.
- Levitt emphasizes the importance of abortion rights in the presidential campaign and its impact on voter turnout.
- The future of the ACA, Medicaid expansion, and the coverage gap are highlighted as key priorities.
- Levitt addresses issues such as prior authorization, telehealth, price transparency, and trends in the healthcare marketplace.
- During the Q&A session, Levitt answers questions about underinsurance, maternal mortality rates, ACA subsidies, Medicaid expansion holdout states, private equity in healthcare, combating greed in the healthcare system, decreasing healthcare spending sustainably, and the future of Medicare Advantage.
- Eric Sullivan thanks Levitt for his presentation and encourages participants to stay connected with Doctors for America. CME credits are available for DFA members who attended the session.
Summaries
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Larry Levitt of the Kaiser Family Foundation outlines 10 health policy priorities, including healthcare reform, ACA, drug prices, and Medicare.
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Larry Levitt from the Kaiser Family Foundation discusses ten health policy priorities for the coming year, including healthcare reform, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), drug prices, a public option, and Medicare eligibility. He emphasizes the impact of healthcare on voter turnout, and addresses topics such as Medicaid expansion, telehealth, price transparency, and trends in the healthcare marketplace.
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In this Advocacy Grand Rounds session, Larry Levitt from the Kaiser Family Foundation discusses ten key health policy priorities for the coming year. He expects President Biden to focus on healthcare reform and the Affordable Care Act (ACA), including reinvigorating the ACA, reversing Trump's actions, negotiating drug prices, pushing for a public option, and lowering the age for Medicare eligibility. Levitt emphasizes the importance of healthcare, particularly abortion rights, in the campaign and its impact on voter turnout. He highlights the future of the ACA, Medicaid expansion, prior authorization and claims denials by insurers, telehealth in mental health care, price transparency challenges, trends in the healthcare marketplace, and addresses questions about various healthcare issues during the Q&A session. Sullivan concludes by thanking Levitt and encouraging participants to stay connected with Doctors for America.
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In this Advocacy Grand Rounds session, Eric Sullivan introduces Larry Levitt from the Kaiser Family Foundation. Levitt discusses ten key health policy priorities for the coming year. He expects President Biden to focus on healthcare reform and the Affordable Care Act (ACA), including reinvigorating the ACA, reversing Trump's actions, and negotiating drug prices. Levitt also anticipates Biden pushing for a public option and lowering the age for Medicare eligibility.
Levitt emphasizes that healthcare, particularly abortion rights, will be an important issue in the campaign. He mentions the impact of abortion rights on voter turnout and discusses the consequences of elections on budgets, Medicaid, and judicial appointments.
The future of the ACA is another key priority highlighted by Levitt. He notes the record enrollment but mentions millions of people being dropped from Medicaid as the continuous enrollment protection ends. Levitt also discusses Medicaid expansion and the remaining states that have chosen not to expand, leaving millions in the coverage gap. He mentions the Inflation Reduction Act and its potential impact on drug innovation.
Prior authorization and claims denials by insurers are raised by Levitt. He highlights the burden on patients and providers and mentions recent regulations to streamline the process. Levitt also discusses the rise of telehealth in mental health care and the need to address issues related to mental health, including stigma and high costs.
Price transparency is another priority mentioned by Levitt, noting the challenges of comparing prices across hospitals or plans. He mentions ongoing efforts to codify hospital price transparency in law and potential regulation of pharmacy benefit managers. Levitt also discusses trends in the healthcare marketplace, including consolidation, corporatization, and scrutiny of nonprofit hospitals.
During the Q&A session, Levitt addresses questions about underinsurance, maternal mortality rates in black women, ACA subsidies, Medicaid expansion holdout states, private equity in healthcare, combating greed in the healthcare system, decreasing healthcare spending sustainably, and the future of Medicare Advantage.
In conclusion, Sullivan thanks Levitt for his presentation and the participants for their engagement. He encourages them to stay connected with Doctors for America and mentions that CME credits are available for DFA members who attended the session.
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In this Advocacy Grand Rounds session, Eric Sullivan, the chair of the access to affordable care impact area at Doctors for America, introduces the speaker, Larry Levitt from the Kaiser Family Foundation. Sullivan encourages everyone to join Doctors for America and mentions that the session will be recorded and available on the organization's YouTube channel. He explains the ground rules for asking questions during the session.
Larry Levitt begins his presentation by discussing ten key health policy priorities to watch in the coming year. He starts with the presidential election and how healthcare reform and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) have become contentious issues once again. Levitt expects President Biden to focus on his record on healthcare, including reinvigorating the ACA, reversing Trump's actions, and giving the government authority to negotiate drug prices. He also anticipates Biden pushing for further action on drug prices and potentially revisiting unfulfilled promises from his first campaign, such as creating a public option and lowering the age for Medicare eligibility.
Levitt emphasizes that regardless of how the ACA or health reform issues play out, healthcare, especially abortion rights, will be an important issue in the campaign. He mentions that abortion rights could impact voter turnout and discusses the consequences of elections on budgets, Medicaid, and judicial appointments.
The future of the ACA is another key priority highlighted by Levitt. He notes that record enrollment has been announced recently, but millions of people are being dropped from Medicaid as the continuous enrollment protection during the public health emergency is unwound. Levitt also mentions Medicaid expansion and the remaining states that have chosen not to expand, leaving millions of people in the coverage gap. He discusses the Inflation Reduction Act, which gives the government authority to negotiate drug prices in Medicare for the first time and its potential impact on drug innovation.
Prior authorization and claims denials by insurers is another issue raised by Levitt. He highlights the burden it places on patients and providers and mentions recent regulations to streamline the process. Levitt also discusses the rise of telehealth, particularly in mental health care, and the need to address issues related to mental health, including stigma, lack of providers, and high out-of-pocket costs.
Price transparency is another priority mentioned by Levitt, noting that hospitals are required to disclose their prices but that the data is complex and comparing prices across hospitals or plans is challenging. He mentions ongoing efforts to codify hospital price transparency in law and potential regulation of pharmacy benefit managers. Levitt also discusses trends in the healthcare marketplace, including consolidation, corporatization, and the scrutiny of nonprofit hospitals.
During the Q&A session, Levitt addresses questions about underinsurance, maternal mortality rates in black women, the future of ACA subsidies, Medicaid expansion holdout states, private equity in healthcare, combating greed in the healthcare system, decreasing healthcare spending sustainably, and the future of Medicare Advantage.
In conclusion, Sullivan thanks Levitt for his insightful presentation and thanks the participants for their engagement. He encourages them to stay connected with Doctors for America through their social media outlets and invites them to become members. Sullivan also mentions that CME credits are available for DFA members who attended the session.