Individual Mandate
January 13, 2010 | Issue Brief
A key component to the proposed health care legislation is the individual mandate, which requires all persons over the age of 18 to acquire health insurance.
Health Reform
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Videos and Pamphlet Help Generation X "Rock" the Health Care System
September 1, 1996 | Program Result
Rock the Vote took advantage of the highly visible policy debate about health reform to educate young people (ages 16 to 24) about the health care system, various health reform proposals, and behaviorally linked health problems that disproportionately affect youth.
What Was the Impact of States Expanding Eligibility to CHIP?
February 16, 2012 | Program Result
Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Washington were among the first to offer CHIP to children in families earning more than 200 percent of the federal poverty line. Researchers at UCLA and the RAND Corp. evaluated the impact of this effort.
Health Care Reform for Children with Public Coverage
June 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
Analysis looks at implications of reform concepts for children and considers the potential risks of shifting children who currently have public coverage into plans sold in a new exchange.
The Last Piece of the Puzzle
May 1, 2009 | Report
Providing high-quality, affordable health coverage to all children through national health reform.
Families USA Holds 14th Annual Grassroots Meeting on Health Policy
October 8, 2010 | Program Result
In January 2009, with the U.S. Congress and president Barack Obama's new administration preparing to consider national health care legislation, Families USA organized Health Action 2009 around the theme "Winning Historic Health Care Reform."
Under "Covering Kids" Pennsylvania Increases Health Care Coverage of Uninsured Children
March 1, 2005 | Program Result
Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children led the Statewide Covering Kids and Families Coalition in an effort to increase the number of eligible children in the state enrolled in government-funded health insurance coverage programs.
The Straightforward Story on Children's Health Insurance
May 1, 2000 | Program Result
During 1997 and 1998, the Alliance for Health Reform published materials and held briefings on the issue of children's health care coverage.
Team Director Dwayne Proctor Talks About the Childhood Obesity Strategy
February 8, 2009 | Issue Brief/Video
Learn more in this informational video.
Tobacco Regulation is a Step Toward Better Health
July 5, 2009 | Commentary/Story
RWJF President and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey discusses the signing of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act in a column in The Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J.