A Bipartisan Rx for Patient-Centered Care and System-Wide Cost Containment
April 18, 2013 | Report
The Bipartisan Policy Center recommends ways to contain health care spending while improving the quality and affordability of care.
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About the RWJF Index
June 17, 2009 | Book
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Care Consumer Confidence Index (RWJF Index) is a monthly tracking of Americans' experiences with their own health care and attitudes about the future.
Active Purchasing for Health Insurance Exchanges
January 1, 2011 | Report
Report details options states may consider in forming health insurance exchanges.
Additional Papers
March 25, 2009 | Issue Brief
Another group of reform plans relied mainly on market-based incentives and tax reforms to cover the uninsured. Generally speaking, these plans did not envision a substantially enlarged role for government beyond increased financing, but aimed instead to redesign and better align government subsidies and policies to promote more affordable health coverage. Mandates on individuals and firms are not featured.
After Growing Up Without Health Insurance, "Relieved" by the Supreme Court Health Reform Ruling
July 25, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
The day I received my college health insurance card in the mail, that flimsy piece of laminated paper with my name on it, I vividly remember thinking, “Wow. I’m allowed to be sick.” During my time at college I never got sick, nor injured in a seriou ...
Age Rating Under Comprehensive Health Care Reform
October 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
This brief quantifies the impact of age rating and implications for coverage, costs and household financial burdens.
A Plan for Achieving Universal Health Coverage
October 31, 2003 | Report
Tax credits for all households, varying by income. Universal coverage achieved by mandating that everyone have or buy health coverage and having Medicare automatically cover anyone temporarily uninsured.
At the Brink
March 1, 2009 | Chart
A state-by-state analysis released in conjunction with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Cover the Uninsured Week 2009.
Barely Hanging On
March 1, 2010 | Report
The report examines the tremendous toll on people's ability to afford health insurance and employers' capacity to offer it.
Bending the Cost Curve
October 12, 2009 | Commentary
This commentary identifies methods to slow the increase in health care costs in the United States. The current proposed expansion of health insurance will cost the country an estimated trillion dollars over 10 years. To make this expansion possible, increases in the cost of health care must be curbed.