Administrative Burdens in Health Policy

• Published in: Journal of health and human services administration Vol. 43; no. 1; pp. 3 - 16
• Main Authors: Herd, Pamela, Moynihan, Donald
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SPAEF 22.06.2020; SAGE Publications; Southern Public Administration Education Foundation, Inc; Southern Public Administration Education Foundation
• Subjects: Abortion; Beneficiaries; Compliance; Enrollments; Health care; Health care expenditures; Health care industry; Health care policy; Health care services accessibility; Health insurance; Health policy; Health services; Health services administration; Management; Medicaid; Medicare; Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act 2010-US; Political aspects; Political power; Politics; Public policy; State government; Uninsured people; United States; United States > US; Administrative burdens; Medicare; Medicaid; Affordable Care Act

The US healthcare system is enormously complex, begetting a seemingly endless array of bureaucratic obstacles that make it both costly and difficult to navigate for users. We apply the administrative burden framework to three particular aspects of health policy: the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Medica...