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QuestionEverything You Wanted to Know About Health Care Reform, but were Afraid to Ask


The Urban Institute’s Health Policy Center has released a series of short briefs answering some of the most frequently asked questions about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010.  The 16 briefs cover the impacts of reform on the states, particular types of consumers, health care providers, health care costs, and the federal budget and the economy as well as the status of legal challenges brought by some states. Read more 


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risk diceCross-State Risk Pooling Under Health Care Reform: An Analytic Review of the Provisions in the House and Senate Bills
Linda J. Blumberg and Karen Pollitz

The new health reform law contains explicit provisions allowing for health care risk to be pooled across state lines.  In this paper, the authors explore the potential implications of such pooling provisions within the context of the House and Senate precursors to the new law, and describe the challenges faced in implementation of the specific strategies. Read more

mapMedicaid Coverage and Spending in Health Reform: National and State-by-State Results for Adults at or Below 133% Poverty
John Holahan and Irene Headen

In this report, the authors show that the federal government will pay the overwhelming majority of the costs associated with the expansion of Medicaid under the new health reform law, and the number of uninsured will drop markedly across the country.  States with large uninsured populations today are expected to see the biggest increases in Medicaid coverage.  Nationally, by 2019, Medicaid enrollment will climb by 15.9 million more people due to the new law; the uninsured will fall by more than 11 million.  Between 92 and 95% of the new costs will be paid by the federal government from 2014 to 2019, with the remainder paid by states. Read more

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The Effects of Large Premium Increases on Individuals, Families, and Small Businesses
Matthew Buettgens, Bowen Garrett and John Holahan

In this report, the authors examine the effects of premium increases significantly higher than the rate of health care cost growth on coverage, costs and the decisions by small firms to offer ESI.  They find, for example, that such increases would adversely affect low- to middle-income families and older, nonelderly persons most, though there would be significant loss of coverage even among those with higher incomes. Read more

 
 
 
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Does the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Permit the Purchase of Health Insurance Across State Lines? (Policy Briefs/Timely Analysis of Health Policy Issues)
Linda J. Blumberg
Publication Date: August 13, 2010
Unleashing Restraint (Article)
Robert A. Berenson
Publication Date: August 02, 2010
How Will the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Affect Small, Medium, and Large Businesses? (Policy Briefs/Timely Analysis of Health Policy Issues)
Linda J. Blumberg
Publication Date: August 01, 2010
Will Health Care Reform Hurt the Economy and Increase Unemployment? (Policy Briefs/Timely Analysis of Health Policy Issues)
John Holahan
Publication Date: August 01, 2010
Will Health Care Reform Increase the Deficit and National Debt? (Policy Briefs/Timely Analysis of Health Policy Issues)
John Holahan
Publication Date: August 01, 2010
Will the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Address the Problems Associated with Medical Malpractice? (Policy Briefs/Timely Analysis of Health Policy Issues)
Randall R. Bovbjerg
Publication Date: August 01, 2010
What Are the Provisions in the New Law for Containing Costs and How Effective Will They Be? (Policy Briefs/Timely Analysis of Health Policy Issues)
Stephen Zuckerman
Publication Date: August 01, 2010
How Will Hospitals Be Affected by Health Care Reform? (Policy Briefs/Timely Analysis of Health Policy Issues)
Robert A. Berenson, Stephen Zuckerman
Publication Date: July 15, 2010
How Will Physicians Be Affected by Health Care Reform? (Policy Briefs/Timely Analysis of Health Policy Issues)
Stephen Zuckerman, Robert A. Berenson
Publication Date: July 15, 2010
Will the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 Improve Health Outcomes for Individuals and Families? (Policy Briefs/Timely Analysis of Health Policy Issues)
Stacey McMorrow
Publication Date: July 06, 2010
 


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