Quote of the Day

ACA initiatives and pilot programs designed to “bend the cost curve,” such as accountable care organizations, “will only affect premiums in the longer run. In the short run, it will be all about the mix of health risks and, specifically, the mix in each state. There is a lot of focus on age, but that’s really only a proxy for health risk. I think that mix is what will be driving premiums in the short run, and it could differ a lot by state.” — Anne Royalty, Ph.D., an economics professor and director of the Center for Health Economics Research at Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, told AIS’s Health Reform Week.