Healthcare
Healthcare costs continue to rise across the system but without marked improvements in healthcare quality. This imbalance disproportionately affects the most vulnerable Americans, who depend on Medicaid for healthcare. Mercatus research focuses on how to make Medicaid more fiscally sustainable and able to deliver better care to those who need it. Mercatus is also developing ways to quantify the impact of regulations on quality, access, and cost in US healthcare.
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Delaware and Certificate-of-Need Programs 2020
How CON Laws Affect Healthcare Access, Quality, and Cost in Delaware
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The District of Columbia and Certificate-of-Need Programs 2020
How CON Laws Affect Healthcare Access, Quality, and Cost in the District of Columbia
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The Real Cost of CON Laws: Quality of Care Under Pressure During the Pandemic
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Alabama and Certificate-of-Need Programs 2020
How CON Laws Affect Healthcare Access, Quality, and Cost in Alabama
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Making Telehealth Work for Arizonans
Testimony before the Arizona State Legislature, Senate Committee on Finance
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Montana's Certificate-of-Need Program: Lessons from Research
Testimony before the Montana Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare and Safety
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Pharmacy Technician Ratio Requirements
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South Carolina and Certificate-of-Need Programs 2021
How CON Laws Affect Healthcare Access, Quality, and Cost in South Carolina
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Toward Swifter Prior Authorization
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Washington’s Certificate-of-Need Program: Lessons from Research
Testimony before the Washington State Legislature, House Health Care and Wellness Committee
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Keeping Telehealth in Montana
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The Benefits of Mobilizing Nurse Practitioners in Maine
Testimony before the Maine Legislature, Joint Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance, and Financial Services
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Telehealth: Eyes on Arizona
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CON Laws in 2020: About the Update
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Montana’s Proposed Legislation to Loosen Restrictions on Telehealth Is a Welcome Step
Testimony before the Montana Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare and Safety
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America’s Pharmacies Can Do a Lot More Vaccinations
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Direct Care Is Good for Montana
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Taming the Occupational Licensing Boards and Creating Jobs
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Direct Primary Care Offers Great Benefit to Montanans
Testimony before the Montana House of Representatives Committee on Business and Labor
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Benefits of Direct Primary Care in Improving Quality and Reducing Costs of Healthcare
Testimony before the Montana House of Representatives Committee on Business and Labor
Latest work in Healthcare
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Delaware and Certificate-of-Need Programs 2020
How CON Laws Affect Healthcare Access, Quality, and Cost in Delaware
- | Healthcare Healthcare
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The District of Columbia and Certificate-of-Need Programs 2020
How CON Laws Affect Healthcare Access, Quality, and Cost in the District of Columbia
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The Real Cost of CON Laws: Quality of Care Under Pressure During the Pandemic
- | Healthcare Healthcare
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Alabama and Certificate-of-Need Programs 2020
How CON Laws Affect Healthcare Access, Quality, and Cost in Alabama
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | State Testimonies State Testimonies
Making Telehealth Work for Arizonans
Testimony before the Arizona State Legislature, Senate Committee on Finance
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | State Testimonies State Testimonies
Montana's Certificate-of-Need Program: Lessons from Research
Testimony before the Montana Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare and Safety
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Research Papers Research Papers
Pharmacy Technician Ratio Requirements
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Publication
South Carolina and Certificate-of-Need Programs 2021
How CON Laws Affect Healthcare Access, Quality, and Cost in South Carolina
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Toward Swifter Prior Authorization
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | State Testimonies State Testimonies
Washington’s Certificate-of-Need Program: Lessons from Research
Testimony before the Washington State Legislature, House Health Care and Wellness Committee
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Keeping Telehealth in Montana
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | State Testimonies State Testimonies
The Benefits of Mobilizing Nurse Practitioners in Maine
Testimony before the Maine Legislature, Joint Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance, and Financial Services
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Telehealth: Eyes on Arizona
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Publication
CON Laws in 2020: About the Update
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | State Testimonies State Testimonies
Montana’s Proposed Legislation to Loosen Restrictions on Telehealth Is a Welcome Step
Testimony before the Montana Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare and Safety
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
America’s Pharmacies Can Do a Lot More Vaccinations
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Direct Care Is Good for Montana
- | Healthcare Healthcare
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Taming the Occupational Licensing Boards and Creating Jobs
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | State Testimonies State Testimonies
Direct Primary Care Offers Great Benefit to Montanans
Testimony before the Montana House of Representatives Committee on Business and Labor
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | State Testimonies State Testimonies
Benefits of Direct Primary Care in Improving Quality and Reducing Costs of Healthcare
Testimony before the Montana House of Representatives Committee on Business and Labor
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The Unindicted Conspirator
High Healthcare Spending and the Rise of Third-Party Payment
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Scope-of-Practice Laws
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Should Government Subsidize Electronic Health Records?
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Assessing the Coverage Effects of the Affordable Care Act
A Comparison of Estimates from Recent Studies
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A Critical Review of the Urban Institute Model of Financing Long-Term Services and Supports
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Improving the System of Financing Long-Term Services and Supports for Older Americans
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Replacing the Affordable Care Act the Right Way
A Mercatus Policy Primer
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19 | Alabama
Alabama ranks near the middle in the HOAP Index with a score of 3.25.
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10 | Alaska
Alaska ranks near the top of the HOAP Index with a score of 3.50.
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18 | Arizona
Arizona ranks near the middle in the HOAP Index with a score of 3.28.
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46 | Arkansas
Arkansas ranks near the bottom in the HOAP Index with a score of 2.79.
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34 | California
California ranks near the middle in the HOAP Index with a score of 3.03.
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9 | Colorado
Colorado ranks near the top in the HOAP Index with a score of 3.56.
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48 | Connecticut
Connecticut ranks near the bottom in the HOAP Index with a score of 2.71.
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38 | Delaware
Delaware ranks near the bottom in the HOAP Index with a score of 2.98.
- | 2016 Edition: Healthcare Openness and Access Project 2016 Edition: Healthcare Openness and Access Project
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32 | Florida
Florida ranks near the middle in the HOAP Index with a score of 3.04.
- | 2016 Edition: Healthcare Openness and Access Project 2016 Edition: Healthcare Openness and Access Project
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51 | Georgia
Georgia ranks last in the HOAP Index with a score of 2.55.
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29 | Hawaii
Hawaii ranks near the middle in the HOAP Index with a score of 3.12.
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1 | Idaho
Idaho ranks first in the HOAP Index with a score of 3.86.
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37 | Illinois
Illinois ranks near the bottom in the HOAP Index with a score of 3.01.
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Consumer Directed Health Plans: A Step in the Right Direction
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US Health Care Spending Isn't a Crisis
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Wyoming gives states “HOAP” on health care
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Nonprofit Heydays and Making the World a Better Place
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Will Food Labeling Protect Us?
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A New HOAP
A Q&A with Dr. Robert Graboyes of the Healthcare Openness and Access Project
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Ubers of Health Care
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Why the U.S. Needs More Doctors Trained Abroad
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How Can We Remedy the Shortage of Health Providers?
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State of the Union and Health: Backward to Insurance, Forward to Care
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Seven Suggestions for the Amazon-Berkshire-JP Morgan Health Project
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Healthcare: Imagine the Possibilities
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Death and Life of American Health Care
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Innovation, Isolation, Litigation and the Search for Marcus Welby
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The Individual Mandate: Gone, but Not Forgotten
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Death by Regulation
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Legislating Price Ignorance
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Technology Driving Health Care Spending — or Vice Versa
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Individual Mandate Squeamishness Bodes Ill for Single-Payer
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