Addressing Coverage Challenges for Children Under the Affordable Care Act
May 26, 2011 | Issue Brief
Millions of children in complex family situations will require special attention to ensure access under reform.
The Urban Institute produces a series of quick-strike issue briefs on health care coverage and quality issues in the United States. Browse the series below.
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How Would States be Affected by Health Reform?
January 1, 2010 | Issue Brief
This issue brief from Urban Institute examines various pathways through which individuals could gain coverage because of the health reform proposals that have passed the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Improving the Quality and Efficiency of the Medicare Program Through Coverage Policy
August 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
This policy paper describes how Medicare makes decisions about which procedures and technologies to cover, explores particular problems in how Medicare applies policies about covering new services, and outlines opportunities for improvement in the process of making coverage decisions
Protecting High-Risk, High-Cost Patients
June 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
There is little question that the ACA will improve the nongroup and small group insurance markets for everyone in them, including the high-risk population. Yet insurance market reforms, guided by requirements for EHBs, AVs, and other tools provided by the ACA, are and will remain a work in progress.
The Individual Mandate in Perspective
March 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
The “individual mandate”—the requirement that individuals either have health insurance coverage or pay a fine—is both the best known and the least popular component of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). If the ACA were in effect today, 94 percent of the ...
Why Employers will Continue to Provide Health Insurance
October 1, 2011 | Report
A new issue brief says the ACA will not displace employer-sponsored insurance (ESI).
Will Health Reform Lead to Job Loss?
June 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
This brief, prepared by the Urban Institute on behalf of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, examines employment trends in Massachusetts as the state implemented health reform between 2006 and 2010.
Will the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 Improve Health Outcomes for Individuals and Families?
July 1, 2010 | Report
related websites Urban Institute Web site The most common question people have about health reform is “How will I be affected?” The answer, of course, depends on the individual, as different demographic groups will be affected very differently. Th ...