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In "The Push for the Summit: Creating Health Care's New Terrain," we now set our sights on frontiers and summits yet to come.
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"Play-or-Pay" Insurance Reforms for Employers
January 14, 2010 | Commentary
"Play-or-pay" presents employers with a choice: purchase health insurance policies for their workers or pay a penalty, in the form of a payroll tax. This practice perspective argues that "play-or-pay" rules will create an unfair distribution of health insurance subsidies.
Leveling the Field
December 17, 2009 | Commentary
The major reform proposals' intent to increase coverage may address some of the racial and ethnic disparities that continue to exist in the U.S. health care system. With so much focus on national health reform, this article reminds readers of both the challenges of and opportunities for equity in its implementation.
Remarks at Aligning Forces for Quality November 2009 Meeting
November 20, 2009 | Commentary
President and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey addresses the role of Aligning Forces communities in the light of health reform.
A Focused Remedy is Best Cure for Health Care Crisis
January 8, 2009 | Commentary/Story
As Washington turn its eye toward health care reform, RWJF President and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D., M.B.A., and Vernice Davis Anthony, president and CEO of the Greater Detroit Area Health Council, urge policy-makers to focus on what it means to "fix" health care and ask the hard questions about how medical care is delivered in this commentary published in the Detroit Free Press.
Health Care Reform Requires Accountable Care Systems
July 2, 2008 | Commentary
This paper explores the concept of accountable care systems (ACS), which may help improve the quality and care provided by physicians and hospitals in the United States. The authors offer several suggestions for implementing these organizational structures.
Response to Insurance Companies' Decision to Honor Popular Health Reform Protections
June 11, 2012 | Commentary/Story
UnitedHealth, Humana and Aetna are determined to not be held hostage by the political and judicial process and for their leadership in ensuring Americans have access to the health care they need.
26th Annual Emerging Issues Forum
February 7, 2011 | Commentary
Country's leading thinkers, practitioners and decision-makers came together for a summit on health care innovations in North Carolina.
A Tour of the Proposals
March 25, 2009 | Issue Brief/Commentary
To help direct people to reform plans that may be most useful to their current work, we now categorize the plans developed under the Covering America Project.
Conclusion
March 25, 2009 | Issue Brief/Commentary
Covering America: A Timely Reprise
Reflections from Alice Rivlin, Jacob Hacker and Christine Ferguson
March 25, 2009 | Issue Brief/Commentary
Covering America project participants Alice Rivlin, Jacob Hacker and Christine Ferguson reflect on ways Covering America's work can contribute to today's health reform debate.