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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.
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.
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.
June 1, 2010 | Issue Brief
Brief examines the impact of health reform on the tax code and individual insurance plans.
October 29, 2010 | Issue Brief
The health reform law exempts certain existing health insurance plans from many requirements. What does that mean for consumers, insurers, and employers?
June 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
To lessen the damage done by churning, it will be important for states to provide consumers with intensive assistance to help them navigate through the involuntary coverage transitions.
April 3, 2013 | Issue Brief
To spur more consumer choice in the insurance market, the Affordable Care Act created the Multi-State Plan Program to certify health insurance issuers to offer at least two plans in every state insurance exchange.
March 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
An effort to help enhance the quality and equality of U.S. health care.
May 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
Researchers at the University of Southern Maine's Muskie School of Public Service examine the implications of geographic rating, the practice of adjusting insurance premiums to reflect regional differences in the cost of health care, on risk pooling and insurance premiums.
August 1, 2010 | Issue Brief
Brief examines new rules for allowing the purchase of health insurance across state lines.