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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.
May 6, 2013 | Journal Article
The primary policy issue facing the U.S. health care system is the rate of spending growth in public programs, and solving that problem will probably require reforms to the entire health care sector.
January 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
New report explores how individual and small group benefits are currently structured and examines the policy implications for health reform.
October 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
This brief from the Center for Health Care Strategies profiles two multi-payer quality improvement Alliances that are part of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) initiative.
October 11, 2011 | Video
This short infographic video explains what cost sharing is and how it changes under health reform.
December 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
This synthesis examines how cost-sharing affects the use of services, whether some patients are more sensitive to cost-sharing than others, and whether reduced use of services as a result of cost-sharing has an effect on health outcomes.
September 1, 2008 | Issue Brief
While cost sharing between the insurer and the insured is an established part of both public and private health insurance in this country, this article notes that it is imperative to use it judiciously in Medicaid and SCHIP to avoid deterring low-income children and families from using needed health care services.
September 2, 2009 | Commentary
This commentary addresses the differences between cost shifting and cost cutting and identifies the reasons why health care in the United States is more expensive per capita than the health care of any other nation.
April 2, 2013 | Issue Brief
The 2014 Medicaid expansion will lessen the burden of medical expenses for many people, but the impact will vary by state.
September 8, 2011 | Journal Article
All health care spending from public and private sources, such as governments and businesses, is ultimately paid by individuals and families.