The 2012 Farm Bill
August 1, 2010 | Issue Brief
Report commissioned by Healthy Eating Research offers recommendations to increase access to healthy foods.
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An Introduction to the American Community Survey Health Insurance Coverage Estimates
September 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
Latest brief explains new federal estimates of uninsured at the local level, identified by Census' American Community Survey.
Key Issues in Health Reform
August 20, 2009 | Issue Brief
Health Affairs and RWJF explore the debate over advance-care planning, controlling Medicare spending and the government’s role in health care.
LegalNotes: Volume 1, Issue 2 - The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
May 19, 2009 | Issue Brief
The second issue of LegalNotes addresses the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
The Meaningful Use Stage 2 Final Rule
September 5, 2012 | Issue Brief
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a final rule on the Stage 2 Meaningful Use criteria that eligible professionals (EPs), eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) must meet to qualify as meaningful users of electronic health records (EHRs) and receive incentive payments under the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
Predicting the Effects of the Affordable Care Act
March 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
The 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) calls for significant policy changes that have meaningful and widespread implications for the U.S. health system. Microsimulation models were utilized throughout the legislative process that ...
The Role of Prevention in Bending the Cost Curve
October 27, 2011 | Issue Brief
This policy brief summarizes findings and recommendations from four major studies which demonstrate that strategic investments in proven, community-based prevention programs could result in significant U.S. health care cost savings and improved health by preventing disease before it occurs.
How Does Federal Food Safety Legislation Protect the Nation's Food Supply?
September 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
Each year, roughly 48 million Americans get sick from foodborne diseases, 128,000 people are hospitalized and 3,000 die from related complications.
Extra Federal Medicaid Support Ends
July 14, 2011 | Issue Brief
Washington debates whether to extend federal funding to states for Medicaid coverage in the face of reduced state tax revenues. Without it, states may have to take drastic measures to balance state budgets.
Lessons for Health Reform from the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program
August 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
How elements of the nation's largest employer-sponsored health plan might serve as a model for reform.