August 1, 2011
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Program Result Report
Researchers at Columbia University conducted surveys of the general public and of social services experts to collect information to help policy-makers develop a standard of health insurance affordability.
October 8, 2010
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Program Result Report
The Access Project, Boston, analyzed a 2007 household survey of 2,000 farmers and ranchers in seven Great Plains states to examine the cost and adequacy of their health insurance and their overall financial status.
January 1, 2001
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In 1995 and 1996, the California Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board, Sacramento, Calif., developed a risk-adjustment mechanism that was applied to small employer group health insurance purchasers in the Health Insurance Plan of California (HIPC), the first statewide health insurance purchasing cooperative for small employers (three to 50 employees).
July 1, 2007
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Program Result Report
Mark Earnest, Ph.D., M.D., and a team of physicians created a health insurance simulation in which consumers participate in the creation of an imaginary insurance plan with a fixed budget and a limited menu of options.
May 31, 2011
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Program Result Report
During the 2009-10 debate over health care reform, the PICO National Network conducted the Faith and Family Voices for Health Reform Project which provided resources and training to clergy and faith leaders seeking to participate in the debate.
September 16, 2010
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A study finds that after Massachusetts passed health reform, the percentage of uninsured adults dropped from 13.3 percent to 4 percent - a 69.9 percent decline.
May 1, 2006
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The state of Indiana implemented the Indiana Long Term Care Program - a public-private partnership to finance long-term care. ILTCP provides one dollar of asset protection for each dollar paid out by the purchaser's insurance policy.
May 1, 2005
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Program Result Report
The Urban Institute analyzed data from the long-running National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to examine the question of whether employers pass on the cost of health insurance to their workers by offering them lower wages.
July 31, 2008
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Program Result Report
In this 2004 to 2005 project, Robert J. Town, PhD, and a team of researchers from the University of Minnesota and the University of Pennsylvania analyzed the relationship between managed care and hospital consolidation and the impact of hospital consolidation on consumers.
December 29, 2007
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Program Result Report
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham examined state medical malpractice reform legislation to evaluate the effects of malpractice reforms on physician malpractice insurance premiums.