Consumer-directed Health Plans
October 1, 2012 | Report
CDHPs have grown in popularity since their inception, now enrolling about 17 percent of people with employer-sponsored insurance.
Access and Barriers to Care
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Virtually Every State Experienced Deteriorating Access to Care for Adults Over the Past Decade
May 1, 2012 | Report
This report shows that the ability of U.S. adults to access basic health care services has declined in nearly every state over the last decade.
Changing Policies and the Physical Environment So Children and Families Can Eat Well and Move More
February 14, 2012 | Story
A profile of Sarah Strunk, MHA, director of Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities.
Who Has Access to Health Care? A National Analysis
May 30, 2009 | Program Results Report
From 2004 to 2006, staff at the Urban Institute analyzed access to public and private health insurance and to health care among U.S. adults and children, especially those with chronic conditions, and how access has changed over time.
Revisiting Crowd-Out
September 1, 2007 | Report
Recent policy discussions on SCHIP reauthorization have focused attention on how to limit crowd-out, especially as states expand eligibility beyond low-income children. This brief reviews recent findings on the size of crowd-out, the effectiveness of anti-crowd-out measures and the trade-offs policy-makers face.
Consumer Activists Attend Annual Conference Dedicated to Improving Access to Health Care
September 19, 2005 | Program Results Report
From 2001 to 2004, Families USA held its annual Health Action Conferences to educate consumer activists about ways to expand access to health care for the uninsured in Washington.
Measuring the Fallout from Shutdown of a Rhode Island Health Organization
May 11, 2003 | Program Results Report
The Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research at Brown University evaluated the impact of the December 1999 closure of the Rhode Island subsidiary of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care New England.
Medical Directors Often Apply Different Definitions of "Medical Necessity"
August 25, 2003 | Program Results Report
Linda Bergthold, PhD, and researchers at Stanford University, Stanford, Calif., surveyed health plan medical directors in 48 states about medical necessity decision making. The study provides input for policy-making at the state and national levels.
Dialing for Health Care
May 1, 2002 | Program Results Report
Health Care For All evaluated, upgraded and expanded Helpline, its consumer information and referral service that provides information and assistance to consumers who face financial, cultural or other systemic barriers to accessing needed health care services.
Access to Care Impacts Hospitalization Rates for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions
April 30, 2001 | Program Results Report
The University of California studied access to primary care in selected communities to assess whether hospitalization rates for certain chronic conditions typically managed by outpatient care are valid and useful measures of community access to care.