Amitabh Chandra is an economist, a Professor of Public Policy and Director of Health Policy Research at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, where he also Director of PhD Admissions and Area Chair for Social and Urban Policy. He is a member of the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) Panel of Health Advisors, and is a Research Associate at the IZA Institute in Bonn, Germany and at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). His research focuses on productivity and cost-growth in healthcare, medical malpractice, and racial disparities in healthcare. His research has been supported by the National Institute of Aging, the National Institute of Child Health and Development, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and has been published in the American Economic Review, the Journal of Political Economy, the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Association, and Health Affairs. He is an editor of the Review of Economics and Statistics, a former editor of the Journal of Human Resources, and serves on the editorial boards of Economics Letters and the American Economic Journal. Did you know you have the right to ask your plan to reconsider a denial of payment for services? Or that insurance companies can no longer limit or deny benefits to children under the age of 19, due to a pre-existing health condition?
Healthcare.gov states that, "the Affordable Care Act puts in place strong consumer protections, provides new coverage options and gives you the tools you need to make informed choices about your health."
Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government, Amitabh Chandra, provides a summary of the benefits and consumer protection in the coverage and important details from preventative care to pre-existing conditions.
How the Affordable Care Act will Benefit You
Guest
: Amitabh Chandra
From the Show: Staying Well
Summary: Did you know you have the right to ask your plan to reconsider a denial of payment for services?
Air Date: 5/6/13
Duration: 10
Host: Melanie Cole, MS
