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July 30, 2012 | Program Result Report
Researchers at the University of Southern Maine analyzed the impact of new health plans in Maine and Massachusetts that were designed to cover uninsured residents, as part of State Health Access Reform Evaluation, an RWJF national program.
October 1, 2011 | Journal Article
An expert panel expressed divergent opinions about what constitutes affordability of health insurance premiums under the ACA.
January 1, 2009 | Report
Study details regulations and enforcement needed to fill gaps in protecting consumers in insurance markets.
November 25, 2009 | Toolkit
This case study examines the current state of post-claims underwriting and rescissions regulation in Texas.
March 25, 2013 | Program Result Report
State Health Access Reform Evaluation (SHARE) supports rigorous research on health reform initiatives and evaluation of health reform issues.
April 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
The 2010 federal Affordable Care Act (ACA) calls for use of accreditation to ensure quality in the managed health care sector and provide resources to state policy-makers through public-private partnerships. “Accreditation” is a comprehensive evalua ...
January 1, 2009 | Report
This paper analyzes whether Congress can legislate a health insurance mandate and the potential legal challenges that might arise, given such a mandate.
January 1, 2009 | Report
This paper outlines the obstacles to enacting purchase of insurance across state lines (PASL) and potential solutions, and concludes that as long as the legislation is thoughtfully drafted, there is no significant legal or Constitutional barrier to enacting PASL.
June 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article describes underlying problems in the markets for small group and individual insurance appraises current methods of subsidizing insurance for high-risk individuals and discusses how risk adjustment addresses conflicts between the group and individual insurance markets.
August 29, 2012 | Report
This report analyzes recent trends in health insurance coverage for children at the state level between 2008 and 2010. The percentage of children with public coverage through Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) increased subst ...