How different proposals stack up in terms of broadening coverage for individuals and small businesses, and their potential impact on the country.
The RWJF Index rose 0.5 points in September to 96.6, from 96.1 in August.
How two states extended insurance coverage to more residents, and what others could learn from their experience.
Latest brief quantifies the impact of age rating and implications for coverage, costs and household financial burdens.
This report describes the level of core advocacy capacity among the leadership teams at the beginning of the Consumer Voices for Coverage (CVC) program, a 12-state initiative funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Out-of-pocket health care costs could increase by more than 35 percent in every state by 2019, if the health system is unchanged.
This issue brief explores the role of benefit design and market innovations such as consumer-driven health plans and value-based insurance design to maximize beneficial coverage and offer incentives for better health and efficiency.
Links:
[1] http://covertheuninsured.org/content/insurance-reform-leveling-playing-field
[2] http://covertheuninsured.org/content/robert-wood-johnson-foundation-health-care-consumer-confidence-index-september-2009
[3] http://covertheuninsured.org/content/spotlight-advance-directives
[4] http://covertheuninsured.org/content/achieving-universal-coverage-through-comprehensive-health-reform
[5] http://covertheuninsured.org/content/wisconsins-badgercare-plus-coverage-expansion-and-simplification
[6] http://covertheuninsured.org/content/state-reform
[7] http://covertheuninsured.org/content/age-rating-under-comprehensive-health-care-reform
[8] http://covertheuninsured.org/content/building-advocacy-capacity-where-grantees-started
[9] http://covertheuninsured.org/content/cost-failure-enact-health-reform
[10] http://covertheuninsured.org/content/health-care-benefitsndashcreating-optimal-design
[11] http://covertheuninsured.org/facts_research/policy_research?page=1
[12] http://covertheuninsured.org/facts_research/policy_research?page=2
[13] http://covertheuninsured.org/facts_research/policy_research?page=3
[14] http://covertheuninsured.org/facts_research/policy_research?page=4
[15] http://covertheuninsured.org/facts_research/policy_research?page=5
[16] http://covertheuninsured.org/facts_research/policy_research?page=6
[17] http://covertheuninsured.org/facts_research/policy_research?page=7
[18] http://covertheuninsured.org/facts_research/policy_research?page=8
[19] http://covertheuninsured.org/facts_research/policy_research?page=53