The Affordable Care Act Has Led to Significant Gains in Health Insurance and Access to Care for Young Adults

January 1, 2013 | Journal Article

The Affordable Care Act enables young adults to remain as dependents on their parents’ health insurance until age 26, and recent evidence suggests that as many as three million young adults have gained coverage as a result.

Addressing Coverage Challenges for Children Under the Affordable Care Act

May 26, 2011 | Issue Brief

Millions of children in complex family situations will require special attention to ensure access under reform.

Integrating Health and Health Care: Richard Umbdenstock Q&A

Richard Umbdenstock, president and chief executive officer of the American Hospital Association, discusses the trend toward greater integration between public health and health care.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Care Public Perception Index

February 1, 2011 | Report

Americans' confidence in their health care largely stable over past year.

Covering Children at the Top of Public Priorities for Health Reform

February 1, 2010 | Survey/Poll

Survey reflects overwhelming support for health coverage for children.

Achieving Universal Coverage Through Comprehensive Health Reform

October 1, 2009 | Issue Brief

How two states extended insurance coverage to more residents, and what others could learn from their experience.

The Regulation of Private Health Insurance

January 1, 2009 | Report

This paper examines the current role of health insurance regulation and the role that it could play in a reformed health care system. It begins by exploring the nature of health insurance and alternative approaches to regulation. It next considers the current status of state and federal health insurance regulation, both describing the development of health insurance regulation and examining arguments in support of and in opposition to regulatory interventions. Finally, it considers the kind of insurance regulation that will be needed in a reformed health care system, as well as the question of whether authority for insurance regulation should be placed at the federal or state level. The author concludes that the best approach would be to develop national standards for health insurance enforced primarily at the state level.

Health Care Financing and Organization Grant Recipient Studies "Spells Without Insurance" and Emerging Insurance Issues

October 7, 2011 | Story

A Profile of Katherine Swartz, PhD.

What are the Consequences of Waiting for Health Care in the Veteran Population?

January 1, 2011 | Journal Article

The Veterans Health Administration (VA) is a test case for the effect of appointment wait times on the use of health services and health outcomes.

Health Care Benefits

July 1, 2009 | Issue Brief

This issue brief explores the role of benefit design and market innovations such as consumer-driven health plans and value-based insurance design to maximize beneficial coverage and offer incentives for better health and efficiency.