覆盖先天性异常:确保持久的微笑法案在立法中
Marina A Lentskevich1, Alice Yau1, Emily Chwa1
1From the Division of Plastic Surgery, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
Plastic and reconstructive surgery
|March 4, 2024
概括
确保持久微笑法案 (ELSA) 旨在强制保险覆盖先天性异常治疗. 准确的数据对于克服立法障碍和确保在118届国会通过至关重要.
科学领域:
- 卫生政策 卫生政策
- 立法倡导活动 立法倡导活动
- 遗传异常治疗方法 遗传异常治疗方法
背景情况:
- 确保持久微笑法案 (ELSA) 是一项拟议的联邦法案.
- 它要求对先天性异常的治疗进行全面的保险覆盖,直到功能或美学恢复为止.
- 自2018年以来,ELSA一直是美国整形外科医生协会的优先事项.
研究的目的:
- 审查ELSA法案的立法进展情况.
- 识别和说明通过重大医疗保健立法时的挑战.
- 强调在医疗保健倡导中需要准确的成本数据.
主要方法:
- 审查"确保持久微笑法案"的立法历史和现状.
- 对国会预算办公室成本估计挑战的分析.
- 突出专业医学协会在政策倡导中的作用.
主要成果:
- 埃尔萨法案获得了动力,但仍然停滞不前.
- 由于数据有限,国会预算办公室可能高估了成本.
- 缺乏关于患病率,治疗范围,成本和当前覆盖范围的准确数据.
结论:
- 医疗保健专业人员必须向立法者提供准确的成本数据.
- 组织医学在倡导像ELSA这样的医疗保健立法方面发挥着至关重要的作用.
- 需要采取协调一致的努力,在第118届国会重新引入和通过ELSA.
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