Creating a Positive Exchange
Enrique MartinezVidal, Director of the State Coverage Initiatives program, discusses the role of states in building and implementing health insurance exchanges I think we can all agree that...
This site uses flash.
Health Insurance Coverage
- Federal policy (118 items)
- State policy (39 items)
- Public insurance programs (78 items)
- Private insurance programs (88 items)
- Cost and affordability (52 items)
Health Care Quality
- Payment reform models (30 items)
- Information on quality and cost (176 items)
- Reforming the delivery system (74 items)
- Racial and ethnic disparities in care (21 items)
- Workforce needs (17 items)
Public Health and Prevention
- Public health system (55 items)
- Childhood obesity (45 items)
- Tobacco (21 items)
- Other health factors (185 items)
- Prevention (81 items)
Cost
- Key drivers and current trends (16 items)
- Implications of high costs (43 items)
- Potential solutions (133 items)
Must-reads
- Health Affairs/RWJF Policy Briefs (12 items)
- Proposals and Analyses (26 items)
- RWJF Health Care Consumer Confidence Index (8 items)
- RWJF Synthesis Project (20 items)
- RWJF/Urban Institute Policy Analysis (28 items)
Beleaguered doctors blame a broken liability system for out-of-control costs; patient safety advocates point to unacceptable rates of medical errors which jeopardize patient safety.
April 2006 marked the beginning of landmark health reform in this state. We've tracked the impact on coverage and costs, and surveyed doctors and employers for their views.