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America’s Costly Health Care: Harvard’s Ashish Jha Shares His Insights on Causes and Solutions

America’s Costly Health Care: Harvard’s Ashish Jha Shares His Insights on Causes and Solutions

This week hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Ashish Jha, Associate Dean for Research Translation and Global Strategy at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. They discuss his recent report analyzing American health care costs compared to 10 other industrialized nations pointing to lack a of data and price transparency as drivers, suggesting that a combination of public policy and private innovations will lead to an “American solution” to the cost problem.

Henry J. Aaron, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution

Henry J. Aaron, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Henry J. Aaron, the Bruce and Virginia MacLaury Senior Fellow in the Economic Studies program at the Brookings Institution. He analyzes the case before the Supreme Court, King versus Burwell, which challenges the legality of the tax subsidies under the Affordable Care Act, and the potential impact of the High Court’s decision.

Dr. Harry Greenspun, Deloitte Center for Health Solutions

Dr. Harry Greenspun, Deloitte Center for Health Solutions

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Harry Greenspun, Sr. Advisor for Healthcare Transformation and Technology at the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions where his focus is on key health information technology and clinical transformation issues. He discusses the obstacles to meaningful use of HIT and the solutions they are focused on implementing.

Kevin Counihan, CEO of AccessHealthCT

Kevin Counihan, CEO of AccessHealthCT

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Kevin Counihan, Chief Executive Officer of AccessHealthCT, Connecticut’s state-based insurance exchange created under the Affordable Care Act. Mr. Counihan addresses the reasons for the portal’s success compared to the Federal Exchange, and how other states are planning to adopt the Connecticut model.

Aaron Smith, co-founder and Executive Director of Young Invincibles

Aaron Smith, co-founder and Executive Director of Young Invincibles

This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Aaron Smith, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Young Invincibles, a non-profit working to give young adults a voice in the political process. Mr. Smith discusses their impact on provisions in the Affordable Care Act affecting the “millennial” population and their national efforts to encourage young adults to participate in the Insurance Exchanges.

Chaquita Brooks-LaSure, Deputy Director of Insurance Oversight at HHS

Chaquita Brooks-LaSure, Deputy Director of Insurance Oversight at HHS

This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Deputy Director for Policy and Regulation at the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight at the Department of Health and Human Services. They discuss plans underway at HHS to facilitate access to the newly created health Insurance Exchanges, the online insurance marketplaces for Americans to purchase health insurance under the Affordable Care Act.