November 15, 2012
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Issue Brief
The Affordable Care Act provides a third option, the Basic Health Program, for individuals who make too much to qualify for Medicaid and too little to purchase private health insurance through exchanges.
October 5, 2012
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Presentation Material
One of the biggest challenges—and opportunities—for states as they strive to implement the coverage expansions in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the size and scope of technology solutions required to support health insurance exchanges in making el ...
September 24, 2012
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Report
In the decade leading up to the ACA’s passage, per capita spending on personal health services among the nonelderly rose at an annual rate 3.5 percent faster than general consumer prices.
September 7, 2012
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Report
The case study states analyzed in these reports are Alabama, Colorado, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island and Virginia.
September 1, 2012
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Report
This report examines early market reforms in 10 study states.
September 1, 2012
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Report
This report finds that markets with a dominant insurer or a dominant hospital are less likely to experience insurance competition compared to markets with many hospitals, or markets with Medicaid as a competitor.
September 1, 2012
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Report
This report finds that although there was significant variation, all 10 states have taken action to improve their rate review process and ensure that insurers’ proposed rates are justified.
September 1, 2012
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Report
This report finds that although progress in implementing exchanges varies considerably across states, policy-makers, stakeholders and consumer advocates have been universally highly engaged in the process.
August 8, 2012
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Program Results Report
RAND conducted the first large-scale, multi-employer study of the effect of consumer-directed health care plans on the cost and utilization of health care and estimated future national impact of increases in enrollment in such plans.
August 1, 2012
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Report
This analysis suggests that the approximately 15.1 million uninsured adults who could gain coverage under the ACA Medicaid expansion are a diverse group in terms of their age and race/ethnicity.