Jeanne Lambrew, Director of Health Care Reform and Senior Fellow
Jeanne Lambrew is the director of health care reform and a senior fellow at The Century Foundation.
Jeanne Lambrew is the director of health care reform and a senior fellow at The Century Foundation.
Lambrew: To Make Health Care Affordable, Lower—Or Eliminate—Deductibles
In Health Affairs Forefront, TCF Director of Health Care Reform Jeanne Lambrew reviews what is known about the concept for health reform embraced by President Trump and the Republican Congress: high deductibles linked to spending accounts. The evidence suggests that this idea may reduce rather than improve health care affordability.
Lambrew suggests that policy makers consider eliminating deductibles in health insurance instead, and offers pathways for how that could be done. You can read the article here.