Drama over Health Care Continues
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April 11, 2017
After lawmakers abandoned legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, House Speaker Paul Ryan said, "We're going to be living with Obamacare for the foreseeable future." But Republican leaders and the White House have vowed to continue efforts to overhaul the health care law.
In this Call with the Experts, Christine Eibner, RAND senior economist and director of RAND COMPARE, a project that uses economic modeling to predict how individuals and employers will respond to major health policy changes, talks about what policymakers should consider and answers questions about changes the Trump administration could make without Congress' help. Media relations director Jeffrey Hiday moderates the call.
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In this March 2017 congressional briefing, RAND senior economist, Christine Eibner, discusses how individuals and employers will respond to major health care policy changes as the new administration reassesses the Affordable Care Act.
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As Congress considers repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act, it will need to consider how federal budget scoring can affect the fate of legislation. Depending on the ultimate cost of a replacement, finding enough savings to offset costs while maintaining budget neutrality could make it hard to pass a replacement.
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A continuous coverage requirement aims to discourage individuals from waiting until they become sick to buy insurance. This works well in theory. But there is little evidence on how it might work in practice.
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Uninsured individuals who knew more about health insurance and finance were more likely to gain coverage under the ACA. Policies and programs aiming to reduce the numbers of uninsured should consider the financial literacy and health insurance knowledge of the groups they are trying to reach.
