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October 26, 2012 | Issue Brief
States will need to develop IT systems that securely provide consumers with answers about their eligibility for public health insurance benefits or tax subsidies as they implement health reform.
March 1, 2012 | Toolkit
The Health Reform Toolkit Series focuses on outreach and enrollment for those newly eligible under ACA. It offers ideas and resources that may be useful as states plan and implement their own outreach and enrollment efforts, with a particular focus on those individuals and families who will be newly eligible for Medicaid or subsidized insurance coverage in 2014.
February 24, 2012 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Freelancers Union Expands Affordable and Stable Coverage for Independent Workers
July 1, 2010 | Report
Report maps out a timeline for states to use as a resource for identifying major implementation decisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).
February 16, 2012 | Program Result Report
Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Washington were among the first to offer CHIP to children in families earning more than 200 percent of the federal poverty line. Researchers at UCLA and the RAND Corp. evaluated the impact of this effort.
February 15, 2012 | Program Result Report
From 2008 to 2011, the Alliance for Health Reform conducted briefings, created resources, and distributed materials for journalists and national policy-makers seeking a range of perspectives on health policy challenges.
October 9, 2012 | Issue Brief
ACOs are promising vehicles for delivering health care more efficiently, but some insurers and regulators worry they could reduce competition and drive up prices.
June 1, 2011 | Journal Article
"Implementation termites" are corrosive factors hidden in the structure of social policy. In this article Frank J. Thompson discusses three factors specific to Medicaid: the politics of insurance reimbursement the commitment and capacity of states and, compensatory federalism.
June 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Today's strategy for improving the health care system, accountable care organizations (ACOs) shift economic responsibility from insurers to physicians. This review points out the clear distinction between ACOs and the managed care system of the 1990s.
January 4, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
As we head into 2012, the Human Capital Blog asked Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) staff, program directors, scholars and grantees to share their New Year’s resolutions for our health care system, and what they think should be the priorities f ...