April 16, 2010
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Program Result
In September 2008, Families USA, a national nonprofit organization advocating for high-quality health care, convened 20 interest groups for a dialogue on the possible contours of health care reform.
December 21, 2009
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Program Result
The Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences studied how the lack of health insurance affects individuals, families, communities and the nation and produced and disseminated six reports analyzing these consequences.
January 1, 2001
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Program Result
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.
March 30, 2005
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Program Result
The Ingham County Health Department, working in partnership with hospitals, employers, consumers and insurers in Lansing, Mich., created an organized system of care for county residents.
February 1, 2004
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Program Result
The National Institute for Health Care Management conducted a study to identify and assess privately sponsored health insurance plans that cover low- and moderate-income Americans who are unlikely to be eligible for public health insurance programs.
December 1, 2003
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Program Result
Georgetown University completed a study in early 2000 that suggested that the District of Columbia would be better served if health care for its uninsured and indigent populations were purchased through the private rather than the public sector.
December 1, 2002
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Program Result
From 2000 to 2001, the Los Angeles Care Health Plan developed Health Express, an online screening tool for those in Los Angeles County without public health insurance to help them find the coverage options that best fit their needs.
December 1, 2002
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Program Result
In 2000, the Anchorage Access to Health Care Coalition collected information on health care access in the community and engaged the community in developing options to improve access.
January 1, 2001
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Program Result
From 1991 to 1994, researchers at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Public Health evaluated the extent to which eight state risk pools that were established in 1988 or earlier have increased access to health insurance and health care.
July 1, 2001
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Program Result
The National Health Foundation led a coalition of private sector organizations to test the feasibility of developing a low-cost primary care-only insurance product for uninsured Los Angeles County residents.
