Health Care Delivery

Karen Ignagni, President and CEO, America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), states that higher costs and reductions in health plan options were consequences of states that did not link Affordable Care Act insurance market reforms and the individual mandate.

Higher use of performance-based payment mechanisms and capitated arrangements is associated with a decrease in the amount of time physicians spend with patients with cancer.

The health care reform debate rages on as the Supreme Court continues to deliberate on whether or not the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is constitutionally sound.