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September 17, 2012
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Browse research, insight and analysis on key issues affecting health and health care in the United States.
April 15, 2011
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Victor R. Fuchs studied the factors that affect health care expenditures and health and policy solutions for covering the uninsured and reducing the high cost of health care, resulting in more than 50 publications.
March 25, 2013
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Developing and promoting a rapid-learning health system, in which health information in large databases is analyzed to improve health care - the work of Lynn Etheredge and the Health Insurance Reform Project at George Washington University.
April 25, 2013
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From 2009 to 2011, the Rural Policy Research Institute examined the impact of health reform proposals and the Affordable Care Act on rural people, places, and providers, and gave policy-makers unbiased, nonpartisan analysis.
May 1, 2006
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The state of California implemented the California Partnership for Long Term Care (CPLTC) - its public-private partnership to finance long-term care - in 1994.
January 1, 2001
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To understand the effect of health maintenance organizations (HMOs) on both competition and consumers, researchers at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, examined data on more than 500 HMOs operating in the United States from 1986 through 1993, focusing on the 90 mergers for which data were available.
January 1, 2001
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From 1991 to 1995, researchers at the University of Southern Maine, Human Services Development Institute compared health care utilization rates between previously uninsured and previously insured persons enrolled in state-sponsored insurance programs.
June 1, 2000
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In 1996, the editorial office of the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, organized a conference that covered three arenas.
July 31, 2008
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In 2002, the U.S. Congress enacted the Health Coverage Tax Credit to subsidize the purchase of coverage for certain individuals, particularly early retirees and workers displaced by international trade, who might otherwise be uninsured.
January 1, 2007
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Connecticut became the first state to implement a public-private partnership to finance long-term care, allowing purchasers to keep control of their assets equal to the amount the insurance policy paid for long-term care services.
September 28, 2012
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An analysis of the differences in the way 10 health insurance plans in Massachusetts covered the medical costs associated with serious diseases.
