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July 30, 2012 | Program Result
Researchers at the Urban Institute evaluated the impact of state health reforms in on insurance coverage and access to and use of health care in Massachusetts, New York, and Illinois, under State Health Access Reform Evaluation, an RWJF national program.
December 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
The Urban Institute looks at how various health reform bills make the trade-off between government costs and affordability for low- and middle-income families.
September 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
An Update on Insurance Coverage and Support for Reform as of Fall 2008
June 1, 2010 | Journal Article
The challenges faced by Massachusetts as it attempts to sustain health reform in these difficult times provide important lessons for implementing reform in the rest of the country.
October 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This study provides an update on employers' responses under Massachusetts health reform in fall 2008, using data from surveys of working-age adults.
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.
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.
May 1, 2006 | Issue Brief
As a result of rapidly rising medical malpractice insurance premiums, reduced availability of coverage, and financially distressed liability insurers, many states have passed tort reforms. This synthesis examines the medical malpractice "crisis" and the effect of state tort reforms.
January 1, 2001 | Program Result
A team of researchers conducted a mail and telephone survey of 500 public-sector employers to inventory their health plan purchasing practices and estimate the effect of those practices on premiums.