HCFO Grantee's Findings Featured in Multiple Blog Posts

Findings from a HCFO study led by Steven D. Pizer, Ph.D., health economist at the Boston VA Research Institute, were featured in multiple blog posts listed below. Pizer and colleagues, Austin Frakt, Ph.D., and Roger Feldman, Ph.D., are measuring the effects of payment changes on PFFS plan decisions regarding market entry, benefit design, and premiums and then analyzing the effects of changes in benefits and premiums on enrollment.

• Maggie Mahar. (9/25/09). More on proposed cuts to Medicare Advantage [1]. The Century Foundation.
  
• Kevin Drum. (9/28/09). Who benefits from Medicare Advantage? [2] Mother Jones.
  
• Ezra Klein. (9/29/09). Is Medicare Advantage worth it? [3] The Washington Post.
  
• Aaron Carroll. (9/29/09). Why are we cutting Medicare Advantage? [4] Rational Arguments.
• Andrew Sullivan. (9/30/09). 14 cents on the dollar. [5] The Atlantic.
• Thomas Greaney. (9/30/09). Health reform and Medicare: Part I. [6] The Health Care Blog.
• Maggie Mahar. (10/1/09). Seniors would save far more than they lose. [7] The Washington Post.
• Aaron Carroll. (10/8/09). Uniquely American? Or uniquely bad? [8] The Huffington Post.
• Ezra Klein. (10/15/09). The Medicare Advantage scam. [9] The Washington Post.