Health reform

Health Affairs/RWJF Health Policy Brief Series

Highlighting key issues in health reform.

Public Health Insurance Plan

Should some uninsured Americans be able to enroll in a newly created, publicly administered health plan as the nation works to expand health insurance coverage?

In: Health Affairs/RWJF Policy Brief Series

Publisher: Health Affairs/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Published: November 12, 2009

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A policy brief from Health Affairs and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation examines the public health insurance plan included in health care legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives.

The brief lays out the details of the plan, including who could enroll, who could receive subsidies to buy coverage, and the anticipated impact on health insurance premiums, and explores the key arguments for and against the public plan. This piece updates a June 2009 brief that was published before any health reform legislation had been adopted by either branch of Congress.

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