We All Want it, but We Don't Know What it is
October 1, 2011 | Journal Article
An expert panel expressed divergent opinions about what constitutes affordability of health insurance premiums under the ACA.
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Premium and Cost-Sharing Subsidies Under Health Reform
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.
Low Costs of Defensive Medicine, Small Savings from Tort Reform
September 1, 2010 | Journal Article
In this paper, the authors present the costs of defensive medicine in 35 clinical specialties to determine whether malpractice liability reforms would greatly reduce health care costs.
Studying Expansion of Coverage and Access to Care in Three States
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.
Health Reform in Massachusetts
September 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
An Update on Insurance Coverage and Support for Reform as of Fall 2008
Access to and Affordability of Care in Massachusetts as of Fall 2008
May 28, 2009 | Issue Brief
Geographic and Racial/Ethnic Differences
Sustaining Health Reform in a Recession
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.
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.
Massachusetts Health Reform
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.
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.