A Long and Winding Road
November 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
Federally qualified health centers, community variation and prospects under reform.
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Washington State Develops and Tests New Predictor of Patient's Health Needs
January 1, 2001 | Program Result
In 1997, the Washington Health Care Authority (HCA) - the state agency responsible for administering the benefit program for nearly 300,000 Washington public employees, retirees and dependents, and the largest health care purchaser in the state - implemented a health-status-based risk-adjusted payment system.
Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance
October 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
The great recession and passage of national health reform are together altering the calculus of employer approaches to offering health benefits, according to recent findings from the Center for Studying Health System Change's (HSC) visits to 12 nationally representative metropolitan communities.
State Reform Dominates Boston Health Care Market Dynamics
September 1, 2011 | Report
Study examines how Massachusetts' 2006 health reform law has affected the health care arena in Boston.
CHIP Expansions to Higher-Income Children in Three States
September 1, 2010 | Issue Brief
Report analyzes how CHIP expansions to include children in higher-income families affected rates of uninsurance among children in Illinois, Pennsylvania and Washington.
Health Tracking
March 19, 2012 | Program Result
Center for Studying Health System Change researchers tracked changes in the nation's health care system and developed policy analyses describing how those changes affect patients, providers, and others in their communities.
Relative Affordability of Health Insurance Premiums Under CHIP Expansion Programs and the ACA
July 21, 2011 | Journal Article
Despite the importance of affordability to universal access to health insurance coverage, there is wide variability in what is considered affordable.
What Was the Impact of States Expanding Eligibility to CHIP?
February 16, 2012 | Program Result
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.
Explaining the Increase in Family Financial Pressures from Medical Bills Between 2003 and 2007
September 9, 2010 | Journal Article
This article examines whether affordability thresholds of financial strain due to medical bills change over time. The increasing cost of health care is a central issue in health policy and out-of-pocket spending for families has grown faster than incomes in the past decade.
AcademyHealth's Reinsurance Institute Works with Three States - Rhode Island, Washington and Wisconsin - To Assess Reinsurance Plans
April 21, 2009 | Program Result
AcademyHealth established the Reinsurance Institute to provide technical assistance to states interested in using reinsurance to make health insurance more affordable and expand coverage.