Access and Affordability
May 28, 2009 | Journal Article
Access, affordability, and coverage have improved since 2006, but rising health costs have eroded some gains in affordability of care.
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Access to and Affordability of Care in Massachusetts as of Fall 2008
May 28, 2009 | Issue Brief
Geographic and Racial/Ethnic Differences
Basic Health Program
November 15, 2012 | Issue Brief
The Affordable Care Act provides a third option, the Basic Health Program, for individuals who make too much to qualify for Medicaid and too little to purchase private health insurance through exchanges.
Beneficiary Price Sensitivity in the Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Market
January 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Medicare Part-D added a new group of privatized prescription drug plans (PDPs) to the traditional plans offered under the Medicare Advantage program. This study examined how prices in the PDP market affect consumer (i.e.,beneficiary) behavior in choosing PDPs.
Cost of Health Insurance Leads to Lower Wages, But Impact is Uneven
May 1, 2005 | 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.
Cross-Cutting Issues: Rate Review
September 1, 2012 | Report
 A report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, compiled as part of its Affordable Care Act (ACA) Implementation—Monitoring and Tracking Series, examines the status of rate review in 10 featured states. Implemented in August 2010, rate review is ...
Federally Facilitated Exchanges
January 31, 2013 | Issue Brief
More than a dozen states have chosen to forgo developing their own state-based health insurance exchanges in favor of a federal plan.
Health Reform in Massachusetts
September 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
An Update on Insurance Coverage and Support for Reform as of Fall 2008
Health Reform in Massachusetts Cut the Uninsurance Rate Among Children in Half
June 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Massachusetts' 2006 health reform cut the uninsurance rate for children approximately in half in the first two years following implementation.
Helping Consumers Understand the New Premium Tax Credit
May 15, 2013 | Issue Brief
Consumers Union report explores responses to a new tax credit brochure in an effort to help consumers understand premium tax credits.