The Affordable Care Act Has Led to Significant Gains in Health Insurance and Access to Care for Young Adults

January 1, 2013 | Journal Article

The Affordable Care Act enables young adults to remain as dependents on their parents’ health insurance until age 26, and recent evidence suggests that as many as three million young adults have gained coverage as a result.

Integrating Health and Health Care: Richard Umbdenstock Q&A

Richard Umbdenstock, president and chief executive officer of the American Hospital Association, discusses the trend toward greater integration between public health and health care.

Health Care Financing and Organization Grant Recipient Studies "Spells Without Insurance" and Emerging Insurance Issues

October 7, 2011 | Story

A Profile of Katherine Swartz, PhD.

Health Insurance Covering Preventive and Wellness Care for Independent Workers

June 27, 2011 | Program Result Report

Freelancers Union, launched the Freelancers Insurance Company (FIC) to provide affordable health insurance to low- and moderate-income independent workers.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Care Public Perception Index

February 1, 2011 | Report

Americans' confidence in their health care largely stable over past year.

What are the Consequences of Waiting for Health Care in the Veteran Population?

January 1, 2011 | Journal Article

The Veterans Health Administration (VA) is a test case for the effect of appointment wait times on the use of health services and health outcomes.

Raising Premiums and Other Costs for Oregon Health Plan Enrollees Drove Many to Drop Out

December 1, 2010 | Journal Article

This study illustrates the effects of even modest changes in Medicaid cost-sharing policy on vulnerable populations.

Could We Have Covered More People at Less Cost?

June 1, 2010 | Journal Article

This study evaluated how the recently enacted health reform law performed relative to a large number of alternative designs on measures of effectiveness and efficiency.

Covering Children at the Top of Public Priorities for Health Reform

February 1, 2010 | Survey/Poll

Survey reflects overwhelming support for health coverage for children.

The Regulation of Private Health Insurance

January 1, 2009 | Report

This paper examines the current role of health insurance regulation and the role that it could play in a reformed health care system. It begins by exploring the nature of health insurance and alternative approaches to regulation. It next considers the current status of state and federal health insurance regulation, both describing the development of health insurance regulation and examining arguments in support of and in opposition to regulatory interventions. Finally, it considers the kind of insurance regulation that will be needed in a reformed health care system, as well as the question of whether authority for insurance regulation should be placed at the federal or state level. The author concludes that the best approach would be to develop national standards for health insurance enforced primarily at the state level.