Age Rating Under Comprehensive Health Care Reform: Implications for Coverage, Costs, and Household Financial Burdens
Linda J. Blumberg, Matthew Buettgens and Bowen Garrett
This analysis shows that under health care reform, the choice of how premiums are permitted to vary by the age of the insured person or family members has significant implications for the affordability of total health care costs, particularly for those ineligible for federal subsidies. Read more
Variation in Insurance Coverage Across Congressional Districts: New Estimates from 2008
Genevieve Kenney, Victoria Lynch, Stephen Zuckerman and Samatha Phong
New data on health insurance coverage from the American Community Survey show extensive variation in coverage and identify the districts in which residents would have the most to gain from health reforms. Read more
The Cost of Failure to Enact Health Reform: Implications for States
Bowen Garrett, John Holahan, Lan Doan and Irene Headen
Under three economic scenarios, this report shows how coverage and health care costs would change between now and 2019, for all 50 states, if health reform is not enacted. Read more
How Will the Uninsured be Affected by Health Reform
Lisa Dubay, Allison Cook, Bowen Garrett
In this analysis, the number and characteristics of uninsured children, parents and childless adults with incomes up to 133% of the FPL, 133% to 399% of the FPL, and at least 400% of the FPL are examined. Read more