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| Nov 5, 2009 |
Health Insurers Pursue Growth Potential of Individual Market
Insurers are pursuing strategies to tap the growth potential of the individual health insurance market, including entering less-regulated markets and developing lower-cost, less-comprehensive products targeting younger, healthy consumers, according to a study... |
| Oct 21, 2009 |
Three-Fourths of Massachusetts Physicians Support Continuing State's Health Reform Law
A study published the New England Journal of Medicine finds that a large majority of practicing physicians in Massachusetts support health reform three years after its passage in 2006. |
| Oct 20, 2009 |
Consumer Confidence in Health Care Rises Slightly in September
Concern over losing health care coverage continues to grow, while three-fourths of Americans believe that health reform would improve access to care. |
| Sep 30, 2009 |
Out-of-Pocket Health Care Costs Could Increase More Than 35 Percent in Every State by 2019
As policymakers continue to debate comprehensive reform of the nation’s health care system, a new report commissioned by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) projects that if federal reform efforts are not enacted, the cost of failure would be... |
| Sep 15, 2009 |
Consumer Confidence in Health Care Drops 1.1 Points In August
What are Americans most afraid of when it comes to health care? How many are delaying the care they need? Are consumers confident or worried about the future? |
| Sep 14, 2009 |
Majority of Physicians Support Health Reform that Includes Both Public and Private Insurance Options
A Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) study published in today's New England Journal of Medicine shows that a majority of physicians (63%) support a health reform proposal that includes both a public option and traditional private insurance. If the... |
| Sep 10, 2009 |
New Census Bureau Estimate of 46.3 Million Uninsured Attests to Growing Problem
RWJF President and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey cites new 46.3 million figure by Census Bureau in call for Congressional action. |
| Sep 1, 2009 |
Health Care Policy Experts Release Steps for Containing Costs and Improving Value in Health Care
With the President, members of Congress and key stakeholders seeking aggressive reforms to slow spending growth while improving value, a group of 10 health care policy experts today released a set of concrete, feasible steps that could achieve this goal. The plan,... |
| Aug 17, 2009 |
Consumer Confidence in Health Care Drops 5.2 Points in July
What are Americans most afraid of when it comes to health care? How many are delaying the care they need? Are consumers confident or worried about the future? |
| Jul 20, 2009 |
Consumer Confidence in Health Care Rises 3.6 Points in June
What are Americans most afraid of when it comes to health care? How many have trouble paying their medical bills? Does income affect confidence? |
| Jul 13, 2009 |
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Trustee, Regina Benjamin, M.D., M.B.A., Nominated for Surgeon General of the United States
Nominee praised for her expertise, credentials, judgment and passionate commitment to health care equity and social justice. |
| Jun 17, 2009 |
Consumer Confidence in Health Care Drops 1.3 Points in May
Read the highlights of this month's index. |
| Jun 17, 2009 |
Former Senate Majority Leaders Baker, Daschle and Dole Release Bipartisan Framework for Comprehensive Health Reform
Former U.S. Senate Majority Leaders Baker, Daschle and Dole, members of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Advisory Board, released a bipartisan, budget-neutral framework for comprehensive health reform. |
| May 28, 2009 |
Massachusetts Has Sustained Coverage and Access Gains From Landmark 2006 Reforms
But some early gains have eroded with cost pressures and delivery system constraints. |
| May 21, 2009 |
Report Projects Up To 66 Million Americans Could be Uninsured by 2019 Unless Health Reform Is Enacted
Analysis shows a tremendous strain on business owners and their employees over the next decade if health reform is not enacted |
| May 14, 2009 |
Physician Practice Interactions with Health Plans Cost $31 Billion a Year, Equaling 6.9 Percent of All Spending for Physician and Clinical Services, New Study Finds
Physicians spend the equivalent of nearly three work weeks on health plan interactions. |
| Apr 29, 2009 |
Health Affairs and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Launch New Health Policy Briefs
Health Affairs and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) today released the first in a new series of Health Policy Briefs, aimed at providing clear, accessible overviews of timely and important health policy topics. |
| Apr 2, 2009 |
Financial and Health Burdens of Chronic Disease Grow Between 2003 and 2007
More working-age Americans with chronic conditions go without care as medical-bill problems rise. |
| Mar 24, 2009 |
Study Shows More People Go Without Health Coverage as Insurance Costs Outpace Income Eightfold
What's happened in each state since the 1994 federal health reform debate is chronicled in a state-by-state analysis released during 'Cover the Uninsured Week.' |
| Feb 24, 2009 |
Statement on IOM Report on Consequences of Not Having Health Insurance
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D., M.B.A., president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, comments on the Foundation-supported report. |
| Feb 17, 2009 |
States Selected to Participate in $15 Million Initiative to Increase Coverage for Uninsured Children
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation provides funding and support to maximize enrollment in CHIP and Medicaid in eight states. |
| Feb 4, 2009 |
Statement on Signing of SCHIP Legislation
RWJF President Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D., M.B.A., says the signing of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) "extends a vital safety net for millions of hard-working parents who either aren’t offered insurance for their kids through their... |