Publications and Reports
"The Politics Of Health Reform: Why Do Bad Things Happen To Good Plans?"
This Web Exclusive article by Jonathan Oberlander examines political feasibility and its implications for health reform.
Health Affairs, August 2003
"Americans’ Views of the Uninsured: An Era For Hybrid Proposals"
This Web Exclusive by Robert J. Blendon, John M. Benson, and Catherine M. DesRoches examines data drawn from ten recent public opinion polls that shows that the issue of the uninsured is likely to become more visible on the U.S. agenda, although not as prominent as it was in the early 1990s.
Health Affairs, August 2003
"Is There Hope For The Uninsured?"
This Web Exclusive article by Uwe E. Reinhardt argues that Neither moral sentiments among a majority of U.S. political leaders, economic self-interest among those who would have to pay for universal health insurance, nor political pressure from the uninsured and likely-to-be-uninsured will provide a sufficiently strong imperative to move this country toward universal coverage.
Health Affairs, August 2003
"Building On The Job-Based Health Care System: What Would It Take?"
This Web Exclusive by Jack A. Meyer and Sharon Silow-Carroll presents a blueprint for reforming health care by building on our mixed public/private system. Included in their proposal are design choices and their implications, that would improve access, cost control, and quality.
Health Affairs, August 2003
Kaiser Family Foundation: Preserving Recent Progress for Health Coverage of Children and Parents: New Tensions Emerge
The latest survey of eligibility rules and enrollment and renewal procedures in all 50 states and the District of Columbia in their Medicaid and SCHIP programs for children and parents. It reflects changes states implemented between January 2002 and April 2003. The current survey also solicited information about states’ premiums and cost-sharing practices.
An executive summary of the report is also available.
Kaiser Family Foundation, July 2003
"The Cost of Not Covering the Uninsured: Project Highlights"
This brief summarizes the Cost of Not Covering the Uninsured Project's first three analyses and reports by Jack Hadley and John Holahan of The Urban Institute. It covers the consequences of being uninsured, how much the nation already spends on care for the uninsured, and the cost of new medical care spending if the uninsured were covered.
Kaiser Family Foundation, June 2003
"Covering The Uninsured: How Much Would It Cost?"
This Web Exclusive analysis by Jack Hadley and John Holahan
indicates cost of additional medical care used by newly insured Americans would be lower than most people think.
Health Affairs, June 2003
"Hidden Costs, Value Lost: Uninsurance in America"
The fifth report from the Committee on the Consequences of Uninsurance tallies some of the economic and social losses to the country of maintaining nearly 41 million people without health insurance. It also explores the potential economic and societal benefits that could be realized if everyone had health insurance on a continuous basis.
Institute of Medicine, June 2003
"Employment-Based Health Insurance Is Failing: Now What?"
This Web Exclusive article by Alain C. Enthoven explains how employers’ purchasing policies contribute to rising costs and block growth of economical care.
Health Affairs, May 2003
Kaiser Family Foundation: Sicker and Poorer: The Consequences of Being Uninsured
This report synthesizes the major findings of the past 25 years of health services research assessing the most important effects of health insurance.
Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, May 2002
"A Relevant Universal Coverage Proposal"
This Health Affairs Perspective paper by Jeff Lemieux
discusses a paper on health coverage by Karen Davis and Cathy Schoen.
Health Affairs, April 2003
"Creating Consensus On Coverage Choices"
This Health Affairs web exclusive article by Karen Davis and Cathy Schoen outlines a framework to provide automatic,
affordable health insurance to nearly all Americans.
The Commonwealth Fund produced a summary document discussing the article.
Health Affairs, April 2003
"Reforming Health Insurance: Realistic Options And Hard Choices"
This Health Affairs Perspective paper by by Joseph Antos discusses a paper on health coverage by Karen Davis and Cathy Schoen.
Health Affairs, April 2003
Kaiser Family Foundation: The New Middle-Class of Uninsured Americans -- Is it Real?
This issue paper discusses and answers the question are the newly uninsured in 2001 predominantly from the middle-class. The paper examines U.S. Census Bureau’s data and concludes that most of the increase in the uninsured (1.3 million people) was among low-income people with incomes less than 200% of the poverty level.
Kaiser Family Foundation, March 2003
"Time for Change: The Hidden Cost of a Fragmented Health Insurance System"
Karen Davis's testimony before the Senate Special Committee on Aging's hearing "In Critical Condition: America’s Ailing Health Care System."
Commonwealth Fund, March 2003
"A Shared Destiny: Community Effects of Uninsurance"
The fourth report from the Committee on the Consquences of Uninsurance examines the issue of uninsurance from a community perspective, showing that the quality, quantity, and scope of health services within the community can be adversely affected by having a large or growing uninsured population. This report explores the overlapping financial and organizational basis of health services delivery to uninsured and insured populations, the demonstrated and hypothesized effects of community uninsurance on access to health care locally, and the potential spillover effects of uninsurance on a community's economy and the health of its citizens.
Institute of Medicine, March 2003
IOM - Consequences of Uninsurance
This study discusses the findings from a three-year study of the uninsured conducted with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. A 16-member Committee issued six reports between September 2001 and January 2004.
Institute of Medicine, January 2004
"Covering the Low-Income Uninsured: Assessing the Alternatives"
This issue brief describes and analyzes expansions of Medicaid and SCHIP, tax credits for individually-purchased insurance, and tax credits for employment-based health insurance as options to expand health coverage of the low-income population.
Kaiser Family Foundation, July 2001
"Universal Coverage in the United States: Lessons from Experience of the 20th Century"
This issue briefing by Karen Davis examines the various proposals of the 20th century and discusses why the goal of universal coverage remains elusive.
Commonwealth Fund, December 2002
"Small But Significant Steps to Help the Uninsured"
This report from Jeanne M. Lambrew and Arthur Garson, Jr., outlines a number of approaches to address the issue of the uninsured and suggests low-cost policies that could provide relief in this
environment.
Commonwealth Fund, January 2003
"Right and Wrong Ways to Address the Needs of the Uninsured"
Examines individual tax credits for health insurance and the need to reform Medicaid.
The Heritage Foundation, June 6, 2001
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