Amanda Hunt

Senior Program Officer of Value Incentives @theNAMedicine. Really bad at keeping up with Twitter. All views are my own.

[Amanda Hunt @Hunt4HCValue]

Fixing this = my career in a nutshell

[Commonwealth Fund @commonwealthfnd]

Despite the highest spending, Americans experience worse health outcomes than their international peers. For example, life expectancy at birth in the US was 78.6 years in 2017 — five years lower than Switzerland, which has the longest lifespan. https://t.co/pZMLn5WIsg

[Amanda Hunt @Hunt4HCValue]

What 3 challenges arose in every health system sector that individually & collectively impeded a swift, coordinated, & effective COVID-19 response? What pandemic-era innovations should we sustain & what's next for multi-sector health system transformation? Find out tomorrow! 👀

[National Academy of Medicine @theNAMedicine]

On 11/30, the #NAMLeadershipConsortium will review sector-specific lessons learned from the Emerging Stronger series. Join us for a discussion with sector leaders and learn about a new national Commission, tasked with #TransformingHealth: https://t.co/oygI6NNSX9

[Maanasa Kona @MaanasaKona]

Great opportunity to listen to advocates from 3 states talk about how they helped move the needle on medical debt protections in their state! Full disclosure - I'll be moderating this conversation!

[NM Together for Healthcare @NMT4HC]

Alex Williams, NMCLP healthcare policy advocate, talked to NM Political Report about a recent poll that found the majority of New Mexicans want the government to take action to get more folks covered & make healthcare more affordable: https://t.co/iW8MZow2NV

[Consumers for Affordable Health Care (CAHC) @MaineCAHC]

3 in 4 Mainers are worried about affording prescription drugs. Roughly 1 in 3 had to skip a dose of meds, cut pills in 1/2, or didn’t fill a prescription because of the cost in the last year. https://t.co/fTuuejNQlI

#mepolitics #rxdrugs #healthcare

[Ann Kempski @kempann]

North Carolina ranks 43 out of 47 states + DC in health care affordability. High prices, high out-of-pocket costs, high rate of uninsured combine to put heavy burden on state residents. #ncpol #ncga @Altarum @WhatTheHealthNC
https://t.co/8FKFTSyZCT

[Healthcare Value Hub @HealthValueHub]

Published today in Health Affairs Forefront! Learn about our Healthcare Affordability Scorecard and see how your state measures up. @Health_Affairs @Altarum https://t.co/dY5LObN8hd

[Lynn Quincy @LynnQuincy]

Great article by @HealthValueHub team. Such an important topic!

[Amy Shefrin @AmyShefrin]

Don't miss this @Altarum post in @Health_Affairs on what states can do - and are doing - to bring down health care costs.

[Altarum @Altarum]

Just published in @Health_Affairs Forefront! Learn about the Altarum @HealthValueHub Healthcare Affordability Scorecard and see how your state measures up. https://t.co/IIzY5ZumIv

[KFF Health News @KFFHealthNews]

Show us your Health Policy Valentines! Tweet a short poem with the hashtag #HealthPolicyValentines and we'll showcase the best ones. Submit by this Wednesday at noon EST!

[Health Affairs @Health_Affairs]

In their new Forefront article, Elise Lowry, Annalise Johnson, @Hunt4HCValue, + @Tad_Lee from @Altarum discuss how a new tool for advocates + state policy makers provides critical information about states’ performance related to health care affordability. https://t.co/UZq7PaIhci

[Public Agenda @PublicAgenda]

Building connections between the public and the institutions that serve them is key to a stronger democracy - @PublicAgenda's #CommunityVoicesForHealth initiative w/ @Altarum and @RWJF does just that.

Watch below for an overview of the project: https://t.co/PyNC5vhMtY

[Colorado Hospital Association @COHospitalAssn]

Coloradans save more on health care. Did you know Colorado has the sixth lowest individual ACA premiums in the country? And, as a leader among states, Colorado ranks fifth in the country for health care affordability policy, according to the most recent Altarum scorecard. #coleg

[Consumers for Affordable Health Care (CAHC) @MaineCAHC]

Cost concerns led nearly one-third (30%) of Maine adults to not fill a prescription, cut pills in half or skip a dose of medicine in 2021. https://t.co/fTuuejNQlI #mepolitics #healthcare

[Sara Flocks @saraflocks]

According to the lateset #CHCFhealthpoll: "For the 3rd year in a row, half of Californians say they skipped or delayed getting health care due to cost. 47% of them say their condition got worse because of it." https://t.co/JAVBAZ5yU7 via @CHCFNews

[NASHP @NASHPhealth]

Earlier this week, @Mass_HPC used their Cost Growth Benchmark enforcement mechanism to hold a health care entity accountable for health care spending for the first time.

[Public Agenda @PublicAgenda]

New videos from @PublicAgenda’s #CommunityVoicesForHealth initiative w/ @Altarum and @RWJF showcase building #engagement in health across CO, GA, IN, NV, NM, & PA.

Read and watch here: https://t.co/w8HlUVrFG7

[Healthcare Value Hub @HealthValueHub]

Closing the #healthcare coverage gap is one key way states can improve affordability of healthcare! Our scorecards describe what states are doing to address the coverage gap and ways they can improve. #HAC2022 https://t.co/4HS1HBj4zp

[CIVHC @CIVHC_News]

CIVHC's recently updated Shop for Care tool shows that the highest prices for health care services are continuing to rise in #Colorado. One of the most significant is the cost of C-Sections, which increased 46% between 2017 and 2019. https://t.co/iY7WKb9qk4

[AboutHealthTransparency @aht_org]

Altarum 2021 Healthcare Affordability State Policy Scorecard – Summary Report Released https://t.co/oipvtQX5NB