Archive for August, 2013
MOOPs and Long Term Cost Control
Posted by jpbarela in Health Care, Payment Reform, PPACA on August 27, 2013
While many people have expressed concerns over the administrations delay in implementing the ACA limits on the maximum out-of-pocket (MOOP), the MOOP delay is a broader reflection of the tension in the ACA between coverage and cost containment. Delaying a requirement explicitly for data linkages either shows the difficulty of moving the complex fragmented US healthcare system or signals an administration that is still focused on coverage and doesn’t have a clear focus on how to solve the cost problem.