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February 16, 2012 | Program Result Report
The Rutgers Center for State Health Policy studied the provisions and impact of state policies requiring expanded dependent coverage for young adults on their parents' health plans as part of RWJF's State Health Access Reform Evaluation initiative.
February 1, 2012 | Journal Article
The experience that states have had with pre-Affordable Care Act (ACA) insurance expansion to young adults shows the process is non-problematic, but there are undetermined implications for risk pooling, cost distribution, and prolonging the parental ...
February 1, 2012 | Report
Rhode Island has completed many essential steps toward implementing an operational health insurance exchange, and in November 2011 was the first in the nation to receive a level two establishment award following its successful bids for a planning grant.
June 1, 2011 | Journal Article
This article considers foreseeable consequences of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) for small businesses and their employees. While insufficient subsidies might cause small businesses to forgo purchasing insurance, the ACA will cover more individuals through Medicaid and insurance exchanges.
February 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Interviews with key stakeholders reveal weaknesses in HEALTHpact, Rhode Island's insurance plan for small businesses. HEALTHpact created financial incentives for employees to lead healthier lives there has been limited enrollment in the plan.
March 1, 2010 | Issue Brief
Brief looks at an innovative alternative for state-level reform: Rhode Island's HEALTHpact—designed specifically to encourage take-up key lessons for future iterations of small-group reform, both in Rhode Island and other states.
March 1, 2010 | Report
related websites HEALTHpact Web site State Health Access Reform Evaluation (SHARE) Web site Employer-based health insurance coverage has eroded substantially, particularly in the small-group market. Small businesses and their employees have bit hit ...
January 1, 2010 | Issue Brief
Issue brief shows many states have expanded dependent coverage to young adults.
April 21, 2009 | Program Result Report
AcademyHealth established the Reinsurance Institute to provide technical assistance to states interested in using reinsurance to make health insurance more affordable and expand coverage.
November 14, 2003 | Program Result Report
From 1994 to 2002, staff at Rhode Island Department of Health created four new school-based health centers (SBHCs), helped secure core funding from the state and worked with state agencies and other decision-makers to create more favorable state policies and stable funding for the centers.