Health Policy
September 17, 2012 | Feature/Topic
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Measuring Adequacy of Coverage for the Privately Insured
April 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines the adequacy of private insurance for adults and children. In response to increasing costs, private insurance programs have increased cost-sharing for their members, but little is known about changes to out-of-pocket spending at the national level.
Workshops Sample Citizens' Views on how to Cover the Uninsured
October 26, 2005 | Program Result Report
Viewpoint Learning conducted three eight-hour workshops in early 2004 (in San Diego, Philadelphia and Atlanta) on how to cover the millions of Americans without health insurance.
Targeted Research for Coverage
January 31, 2008 | Program Result Report
The Targeted Research for Coverage initiative supports projects that advance RWJF's strategic objective to improve access to stable and affordable health care coverage.
Who Was Insured and How - 1996-2000
July 31, 2008 | Program Result Report
In this 2003 to 2005 project, researchers from the Urban Institute examined the dynamics of health insurance coverage and public health insurance eligibility from 1996 to 2000 and assessed the impact of public policy and economic changes on coverage.
Using Social Network Analysis to Predict Early Collaboration Within Health Advocacy Coalitions
June 1, 2012 | Journal Article
This study found that early collaboration between advocacy organizations—even those that have not worked together in the past—can strengthen advocacy efforts.
Foundation's Consumer Advocacy Health Reform Initiative Strengthened Groups' Effectiveness
September 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Private foundations may hesitate to fund consumer advocacy in health reform implementation because its effects are hard to measure.
Consumer Voices for Coverage
October 1, 2011 | Toolkit
The Advocacy Evaluation Toolkit contains the instruments Mathematica used to collect data for evaluating RWJF's Consumer Voices for Coverage program.
Beyond the $1.6 Trillion Sticker Shock
July 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
Latest brief analyzes the 10-Year health reform plan.
Can Economic Recovery Legislation be Most Effective in Helping Laid-Off Workers Obtain Health Coverage?
February 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
House and Senate bills fall short of making COBRA premiums affordable.
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.