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Capitol moneyThe Cost of Uncompensated Care with and without Health Reform
John Holahan and Bowen Garrett 

In this report, the authors estimate the savings in uncompensated care that would result from the implementation of comprehensive health care reform. They find that, under the Senate bill, uncompensated care costs would fall by 46-57% over the 2014-2019 period. Read more

stressed-womanTHE BIGGEST LOSERS, HEALTH EDITION
Who Would Be Hurt the Most by a Failure to Enact Comprehensive Reforms?

Linda J. Blumberg 

This brief describes the groups with the most to lose if comprehensive health care reform is not enacted—people who either lack coverage today or who are required to pay the most for health insurance and medical care. It explains how these groups are currently disadvantaged and how the combination of reforms proposed would help them obtain affordable and meaningful health insurance coverage. Read more 

medical_symbolHow Will Comparative Effectiveness Research Affect the Quality of Health Care?
Elizabeth Docteur and Robert A. Berenson

Performing more comparative effectiveness research to help patients, clinicians, and payers make better decisions to improve quality and reduce wasted spending would seem to be a “no-brainer.” Would that it were that simple. This brief explores what comparative effectiveness is and describes the areas of controversy that need to addressed before it becomes real. Read more

stethoscope-map-hpc 101How Would States Be Affected by Health Reform?
John Holahan and Linda J. Blumberg

In this paper the authors examine various pathways through which individuals could gain coverage through the Senate and House health reform proposals. The number of individuals who would gain coverage and how they would gain coverage varies considerably across states. Read more

 
 
 
All HPC Research

 
The Cost of Uncompensated Care with and without Health Reform (Policy Briefs/Timely Analysis of Health Policy Issues)
John Holahan, Bowen Garrett
Publication Date: March 09, 2010
THE BIGGEST LOSERS, HEALTH EDITION (Policy Briefs/Timely Analysis of Health Policy Issues)
Linda J. Blumberg
Publication Date: February 24, 2010
How Will Comparative Effectiveness Research Affect the Quality of Health Care? (Policy Briefs/Timely Analysis of Health Policy Issues)
Elizabeth Docteur, Robert A. Berenson
Publication Date: February 15, 2010
Health Care Spending Under Reform: Less Uncompensated Care and Lower Costs to Small Employers (Policy Briefs/Timely Analysis of Health Policy Issues)
Lisa Clemans-Cope, Bowen Garrett, Matthew Buettgens
Publication Date: January 28, 2010
How Would States Be Affected by Health Reform? (Research Report)
John Holahan, Linda J. Blumberg
Publication Date: January 25, 2010
What Would Health Care Reform Mean for Small Employers and Their Workers? (Policy Briefs/Timely Analysis of Health Policy Issues)
Linda J. Blumberg, Stacey McMorrow
Publication Date: December 15, 2009
 


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