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May 2, 2013 | Issue Brief
States are allowed under the Affordable Care Act to customize their own health insurance plans to meet a required 10 categories of “essential health benefits.” While states like the flexible approach, patient advocates prefer a national standard.
July 30, 2012 | Program Results Report
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.
October 1, 2012 | Report
CDHPs have grown in popularity since their inception, now enrolling about 17 percent of people with employer-sponsored insurance.
May 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Enrollment is increasing in consumer-directed health insurance plans, which feature high deductibles and a personal health care savings account.
May 1, 2012 | Report
This paper funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and authored by a joint team from Georgetown University's Health Policy institute and the National Academy of Social Insurance, provides insight for state and federal officials considering how they will assume responsibility for managing health plans once health insurance exchanges are established.
April 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
Spending on specialty drugs—typically high-cost biologics used to treat a variety of serious, complex conditions ranging from blood disorders to rheumatoid arthritis—has been growing at a persistently high rate in recent years.
November 1, 2011 | Toolkit
The series' third installment reveals several key lessons in developing the part of the Massachusetts' exchange serving unsubsidized, individual purchasers—known as Commonwealth Choice.
October 1, 2011 | Journal Article
An expert panel expressed divergent opinions about what constitutes affordability of health insurance premiums under the ACA.
February 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
In this report, researchers at Mathematica Policy Research examined Massachusetts' CommCare program—a program serving low-income adults, much like the ACA's BHP is designed to do.
September 8, 2011 | Journal Article
The long-term trend of consolidation among U.S. health plans has raised providers' concerns that the concentration of health plan markets can depress their prices.