April 16, 2010
|
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
|
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
|
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.
February 1, 2004
|
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, 2002
|
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
|
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
|
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.
April 17, 2007
|
Program Result
Cover the Uninsured Week, March 10-16, 2003, focused national media attention on the coverage problem and featured hundreds of town meetings, health fairs and other public events in communities across the nation.
August 31, 1998
|
Program Result
Brandeis University's Florence Heller Graduate School for Advanced Studies in Social Welfare planned, organized and conducted a conference on financing and delivering care for the poor and uninsured. They also published a book of papers on the same topic.
July 30, 2012
|
Program Result
Researchers at the University of Southern Maine analyzed the impact of new health plans in Maine and Massachusetts that were designed to cover uninsured residents, as part of State Health Access Reform Evaluation, an RWJF national program.
