Consider Savings as Well as Costs
July 11, 2011 | Issue Brief
This report finds that state governments are likely to spend $92-129 billion less from 2014 to 2019 with implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
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How will the Uninsured be Affected by Health Reform?
August 1, 2009 | Report
Briefs look at the number of uninsured who could be covered under a reformed health care system.
How Effectively Does the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Help Laid-Off Workers and States Cope with Health Care Costs?
March 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
A new analysis from the Urban Institute concludes that these provisions are likely to achieve only partial success.
Health Insurance Coverage of Young Adults
June 1, 2008 | Issue Brief
An Urban Institute analysis looks at why young adults, accounting for 28 percent of America's uninsured population, are disproportionately uninsured and what policies could address their coverage gaps.
Economic Research Initiative on the Uninsured
September 16, 2010 | Program Result Report
The Economic Research Initiative on the Uninsured generated new ideas and engaged new researchers in efforts to increase understanding of the relationships among labor markets, health care markets and health insurance coverage.
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.
Institute of Medicine Produces Reports and Book Outlining the Effects of Uninsurance on Individuals and the Nation
December 21, 2009 | Program Result Report
The Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences studied how the lack of health insurance affects individuals, families, communities and the nation and produced and disseminated six reports analyzing these consequences.
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.
Pilot Program in Los Angeles County Develops Online Screening Tool to Help Find Insurance Options for Uninsured
December 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
From 2000 to 2001, the Los Angeles Care Health Plan developed Health Express, an online screening tool for those in Los Angeles County without public health insurance to help them find the coverage options that best fit their needs.
Circles of Care
April 1, 2008 | Program Result Report
The Interfaith Health & Hope Coalition collaborated with the Detroit Wayne County Health Authority to improve access to health care for the uninsured and the underinsured in Metropolitan Detroit.