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August 30, 2012 | Issue Brief
Insurance market reforms under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are designed to increase the number of Americans with insurance—and to shed the current system in which health plans have an incentive to enroll healthier people while avoiding the sick. O ...
July 31, 2012 | Issue Brief
This policy brief focuses on eliminating fraud and abuse in Medicare and Medicaid and explores the challenges involved in putting the new tools into place.
April 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Studies have shown that cancer care near the end of life is more aggressive than many patients prefer.
March 19, 2012 | Program Result Report
Center for Studying Health System Change researchers tracked changes in the nation's health care system and developed policy analyses describing how those changes affect patients, providers, and others in their communities.
January 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
The individual mandate is an integral but controversial part of the health insurance reforms under the Affordable Care Act.
October 21, 2011 | Program Result Report
Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization (HCFO) began in 1989 is the nation's largest source of private funding for investigator-initiated health policy research on financing and organization.
April 15, 2011 | Program Result Report
Victor R. Fuchs studied the factors that affect health care expenditures and health and policy solutions for covering the uninsured and reducing the high cost of health care, resulting in more than 50 publications.
January 23, 2009 | Program Result Report
From 1999 to 2007, the Alliance for Health Reform conducted issue briefings on health topics for congressional staff and journalists, and created additional resources for news reporters seeking unbiased information on health issues.
July 31, 2008 | Program Result Report
In this 2003 to 2005 project, researchers from the Urban Institute examined the dynamics of health insurance coverage and public health insurance eligibility from 1996 to 2000 and assessed the impact of public policy and economic changes on coverage.
March 6, 2008 | Program Result Report
Researchers at Brandeis University used data from two state-run prescription drug programs for low-income seniors to examine how differences in prescription drug coverage affect enrollment, drug use and spending in state programs.