HCP Faculty Explain Implications of Potential New Health Care Plans

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Post-election, much discussion has focused on the new administration’s plans to repeal or repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. As the Republicans make discuss potential alternatives to Obamacare, HCP faculty have been called upon to offer their expertise on current and existing policies.

Richard Frank, in a New England Journal of MedicinePerspective article with Sherry Glied, assesses President Elect Donald Trump’s pick as U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary. The article received media coverage in the L.A. Times and NBC News

Bruce Landon was quoted by The New York Times on the subject of health care policy and the speed of changes. In the article, he said,

It takes time to learn how to reorganize care, change incentive systems internally. These are programs we should not expect one-year returns on.

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