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The ways and means of closing political deals to disrupt health policy by market-based mechanisms and then implementing and administering them through government channels are treacherous, if not self-contradictory, but they resist simple bypasses. Enacting major, transformative health policy legislation usually requires large majorities.
The post The Health Policy Disrupter's Dilemmas: Part III appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.

Health policy disrupters who hope to shift health care payments from third parties to first parties over rely on simplified adaptation of financial reform models. It holds special appeal to those seeking to solve imbalances between revenue and spending in public programs like Medicaid.
The post The Health Policy Disrupter's Dilemmas: Part II appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.

There are many layers of sophistication and nuance to the late Clayton Christensen's work, "The Innovator's Dilemma," but the "disruptive innovation" analyses never applied all that well to the Bermuda Triangle of malfunctioning instruments trying to guide health care practice and policy.
The post The Health Policy Disrupter's Dilemmas: Part I appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.

In Part 1, I recapped how much the latest iterations of the modern Chevron review process for agency rule making in the executive branch remains under substantial legal challenges and critiques. Will that be enough for the Supreme Court to overturn its 1984 precedent fully?
The post Rebalancing Chevron "Step Therapy" for the Administrative State: Part II appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.

Last week's oral argument at the Supreme Court challenging the current application of so-called Chevron judicial review of administrative agency actions reflected different perspectives on what to fear most. The two main dividing lines are fear of politically unaccountable judges versus unelected executive branch officials.
The post Rebalancing Chevron "Step Therapy" for the Administrative State: Part I appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.

There is clear evidence of harm to individuals caught without access to Affordable Care Act individual market coverage between open season enrollment periods.
The post Pulling the Plug (Again?) on Short-Term, Limited-Duration Health Plans, Part II appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.

On July 12, the Biden administration issued a proposed rule to substantially shorten the maximum length of short-term, limited duration (STLD) insurance plans. The Biden proposal falls well short of reasoned analysis for changing regulation.
The post Pulling the Plug (Again?) on Short-Term, Limited-Duration Health Plans, Part I appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.

Health care price transparency has become a popular political frisbee to toss around. However, it tends to operate more like a boomerang as each set of partisans in Congress scores its talking points but remains short of practical progress.
The post Using ERISA as a Transparency Sword, Not a Shield appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.

CITING THE POLITICAL, SOCIAL, AND MILITARY REVOLUTIONS BROUGHT ON BY THE END OF THE COLD WAR, THE AUTHOR ARGUES THAT POLICYMAKERS MUST ADAPT TO CHANGED CIRCUMSTANCES. "THE IMMEDIATE TASK FOR CIVILIAN AND MILTARY DECISION MAKERS IS TO DEVELOP BOTH NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MECHANISMS FOR HANDLING THESE DANGERS," HE WRITES. PART OF THE NEW SECURITY CHALLENGE INVOLVES NON-TRADITIONAL MISSIONS WHICH ARE NOT ONLY A PROPER USE OF U.S. FORCES; THEY ALSO PROVIDE VALUABLE EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING THAT ARE APPLICABLE TO A BROAD SPECTRUM OF OTHER ESSENTIAL OPERATIONS.

Texas and California have become leaders of Red and Blue America. Exploring why these two powerful states have joined the rival camps, this title then describes how they have used competing red and blue policy models to create sharply contrasting policies across a broad range of issue areas. Texas and California have also mobilised coalitions of red and blue states to influence federal policy. The book concludes by assessing the two models' strengths, vulnerabilities, and future prospects. The rivalry between these states and their allies will likely continue for the foreseeable future; the challenge for the nation is turn the competition to productive ends.