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The Affordable Care Act: Its Impact on Cancer Care in Maine
Trish Riley, Senior FellowMuskie School of Public Service, USM
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Goal?
Access to Affordable, Quality health care for everyone in the United States
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The Long National Debate
• Everybody was self pay–INDIVIDUAL CHOICE
• 1912–Teddy Roosevelt and the Bull Moose Party –Universal coverage for all–GOVERNMENT
• 1929–Baylor Hospital pre-paid health plan for teachers–(.50/mo for 21 hospital days)–PRIVATE SECTOR
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Mixed Model–Private and Public
Government–Wage and price controls–WWIIEmployers–Offer health insurance instead
– Tax deductibility post-war
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The Debate Continues for the Next 60 Years…
Truman (1940’s-post war)–Universal coverageFAILED
Johnson (1965)–Medicare and Medicaid Incremental
Nixon (1970s)–Employer mandateFAILED
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The Debate Continues…
Clinton: Universal coverage plan/managed competition–Republican alternative–Individual mandate–Congress rejects; big players (AMA, HIAA) oppose
Congress: State Children’s Health Insurance
Bush: Medicare Pt D., but with a donut hole
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After 100 Years of Trying…
Where did our pre-ACA system get us?
◦ Patchwork quilt
◦ Pay twice what other developed nations do
◦ We don’t get better health
◦ We leave 47 million uninsured
The Commonwealth Fund 8
Health Spending per capita, 2009adjusted for differences in cost of living
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Source: KFF, Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2010. United States Census Bureau, Sept. 2011. Percentages are two-year averages, 2009–2010; national average is 16.2% over the two-year period.
5%–<11% uninsured
11%–<16% uninsured
16%–<20% uninsured
20%–25% uninsured
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Rates of Uninsured
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Health Insurance Coverage ofthe Nonelderly Population, 2010
266.0 Million
SOURCE: KCMU/Urban Institute analysis of 2011 ASEC Supplement to the CPS.
Private Non-group
5.5%
Over $750 Billion Wasted Annually
$340
$190
$105
$75
$55
Unnecessary/Inefficient CareExcessive Administrative CostsPrice too highFraudMissed Prevention
In Billions of U.S. Dollars, Source: IoM The Healthcare Imperative: Lowering Costs and Improving Outcomes (2011) Riley, USM
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US Spends More than Peer Nations
• More hospital care• Higher administrative costs/complexity• Higher prices• Higher staff ratios• More surgery/procedures–no better outcomes
(more MRIs, CT)
McKinsey Global Institute, 2011
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IOM: “Shorter Lives, Poorer Health”
US vs. Other Industrialized Countries:• Lower life expectancy• Higher infant mortality/low birth weight• More disability• More obesity, heart disease, COPD• EVEN WHEN CONTROLLING FOR RACIAL AND
ETNIC DISPARITIES
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What about Cancer Care?
• US spends more on cancer care than European countries and US does better re: longevity– Especially breast and prostate
• BUT do we diagnose earlier?• Is longevity the same as quality of life?• What is the metric here?
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ACA–The Law of the Land
• Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act – Or ObamaCare
• Signed into law by President Obama, March 23, 2010
• Supreme Court Challenge, June 27, 2012• Full Implementation in 2014
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How Does ACA address: The Triple Aim
• Access• Cost• Quality
Reforms phased in
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Overview
• All must be covered–but subsidies to help–Medicaid to 133%/simplified until SCOTUS• 24 states still say NO, including Maine
– Tax credits 133-400% fpl• New marketplaces for individuals and small
business–Travelocity/state based• Employers provide or pay penalty if EEs get
subsidy• New investment in cost and quality reforms
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Access
• Maintains employer coverage– Penalties if employees access subsidies– Small business exempted– Grandfathers plans
• Individual mandate• Young adults–parental coverage to 26• Medicaid expansions to 133% FPL (optional)• Tax credits (subsidies) to 400% FPL
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Access (cont’d)
• Investments in health centers/workforce• Insurance reforms– Cannot be denied coverage– No pre-ex/recissions– No annual or lifetime limits– Essential health benefits/qualified health plans
• Limits coverage costs based on income– Cannot exceed 9.5% income– OOP limits: $6,350 ind/12,700 family
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Medicaid Exchange
Income ≤133% FPL$15,520
133-250% FPL$15,521-29,172
251-400% FPL$29,173-46,600
Premiums None Limited to 3.00-8.05% of Income
Limited to 8.05-9.50% of Income
Cost SharingLimited to nominal amounts for most
servicesCredits based on
sliding scaleLimited to
$6,350/12,700
Medicaid vs. Subsidized Exchange Coverage: Differences in
Eligibility and Benefits
Kaiser Family Foundation
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How Subsidies Work
Older couple in Thomaston ME with anIncome of $30,000 (193% FPL)
Premium : $14,325/yrTax Credit: $12,526
THEY PAY: $ 1,800/yr
OOP limit: $4,500
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Costs/Affordability
• Coverage reduces hidden tax of charity care• 100% coverage for prevention/immunization– USPSTF A and B– Breast, cervical, colorectal screening
• Insurance Exchanges–States– Choice of plans–bronze, silver, gold, platinum/transparency– Members of Congress
• Small business tax credits
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Costs (cont’d)
• Pt. D–Donut hole• Payment Reform Demos• CMS Center for Innovation• Insurance reforms– Rate review– Medical loss ratio–must spend at least 80% on care
– Community rating–sick won’t pay more
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Quality
• National Quality Strategy• Prevention and Public Health Trust Fund• Non-payment for hospital acquired infections
and re-admissions• Demos to promote quality
– Team approaches– Health homes, etc.
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Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
• Authorized thru 2019 @ $3.5 Billion– Funded by general fund and fee on all insurers
• “To provide info on best available evidence to help patients and providers make more informed decisions…and
• Give patients better understanding of prevention, treatment and care options and science that supports them
• www.pcori.org
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From “Death Panels” to Palliative Care
• Penalties for re-admission within 30 days• ACOs and Medical homesIssues:◦ Who manages cancer care in a medical home?◦ How are prevention and screening assured?◦ Will there be registries, outreach, reminders?◦ Does continuity of care include palliative, end-of-
life and survivorship?◦ Will NCCN guidelines be used?
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Consultants in Medical Oncology and Hematology, PC
• Serves three health systems in SE Pennsylvania• First oncology practice to receive NCQA Level
III Physician Practice Connections–PCMH designation–April 2010
• Key characteristics:– Partnership patient/practice – Oncology manages cancer care and links with PCP– Specialized, improved EMR–measure
quality/improve outcome
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Comprehensive Reform
• Requires new ways of doing business• Payment and delivery reform–Pay for
outcomes, not volume of procedures–Patient centered
• Are ACOs, medical homes, team practice going to work? How will we know? Data?
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Hope for Cancer Care
• Prevention focus• No more job lock–everybody can get health
coverage and sick don’t pay more• Affordability–subsidies/Medicaid (except here)• Coverage for clinical trials• More Rx coverage (Medicare Donut hole)• Payment reform and innovation• Outcomes research/patient engagement
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Health Reform is a Journey, Not a Destination
• Not universal–Still leaves many uninsured• Work in progress• But remember: It’s taken 100 years to get here