Urban Institute: Health/Healthcare http://www.urban.org/health/index.cfm Urban Institute reports on: Health/Healthcare - The Urban Institute is a nonprofit nonpartisan policy research and educational organization established to examine the social, economic, and governance problems facing the nation. en-us Copyright 2010 Urban Institute http://backend.userland.com/rss Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:35:04 EST Urban Institute http://www.urban.org/images/UI_logo_29x29.jpg 29 29 http://www.urban.org <![CDATA[The Cost of Failure to Enact Health Reform: 2010 - 2020 (Updated)]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=412049&RSSFeed=UI_Health/Healthcare.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Bowen Garrett, Matthew Buettgens, Lan Doan, Irene Headen, John Holahan ) Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[The Cost of Uncompensated Care with and without Health Reform]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=412045&RSSFeed=UI_Health/Healthcare.xml paffairs@urban.org ( John Holahan, Bowen Garrett ) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[How Will Comparative Effectiveness Research Affect the Quality of Health Care?]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=412040&RSSFeed=UI_Health/Healthcare.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Elizabeth Docteur, Robert A. Berenson ) Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[THE BIGGEST LOSERS, HEALTH EDITION : Who Would Be Hurt the Most by a Failure to Enact Comprehensive Reforms?]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=412037&RSSFeed=UI_Health/Healthcare.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Linda J. Blumberg ) Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Stories: Using Information in Community Building and Local Policy : Third Edition]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=412033&RSSFeed=UI_Health/Healthcare.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Jake Cowan, G. Thomas Kingsley ) Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Will Health Care Costs Bankrupt Aging Boomers?]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=412026&RSSFeed=UI_Health/Healthcare.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Richard W. Johnson, Corina Mommaerts ) Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Making Health Reform More Affordable for Working Families: The Effect of Employee Choice Vouchers]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=412025&RSSFeed=UI_Health/Healthcare.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Matthew Buettgens, Linda J. Blumberg ) Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[The Corporation for Supportive Housing's Returning Home Initiative: System Change Accomplishments after Three Years]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=412024&RSSFeed=UI_Health/Healthcare.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Martha R. Burt, Jocelyn Fontaine, Caterina Gouvis Roman ) Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[A Comment on "The Massachusetts Health Plan - Much Pain, Little Gain"]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=901318&RSSFeed=UI_Health/Healthcare.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Sharon K. Long ) Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Budgeting in the Ideal and in the United States]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=901317&RSSFeed=UI_Health/Healthcare.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Rudolph G. Penner ) Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Health Care Spending Under Reform: Less Uncompensated Care and Lower Costs to Small Employers]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=412016&RSSFeed=UI_Health/Healthcare.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Lisa Clemans-Cope, Bowen Garrett, Matthew Buettgens ) Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[The U.S. Is Broke. Here's Why.]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=901316&RSSFeed=UI_Health/Healthcare.xml paffairs@urban.org ( C. Eugene Steuerle ) Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[How Would States Be Affected by Health Reform?]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=412015&RSSFeed=UI_Health/Healthcare.xml paffairs@urban.org ( John Holahan, Linda J. Blumberg ) Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Work Ability and the Social Insurance Safety Net in the Years Prior to Retirement]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=412008&RSSFeed=UI_Health/Healthcare.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Richard W. Johnson, Melissa Favreault, Corina Mommaerts ) Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Disability Just Before Retirement Often Leads to Poverty]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=412009&RSSFeed=UI_Health/Healthcare.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Richard W. Johnson, Melissa Favreault, Corina Mommaerts ) Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Reconciling House and Senate Health Reform Proposals: Eligibility, Enrollment, and Retention]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=412004&RSSFeed=UI_Health/Healthcare.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Stan Dorn ) Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Potential Impacts of Alternative Health Care Reform Proposals for Children with Medicaid and CHIP Coverage (Updated 1/8)]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=411993&RSSFeed=UI_Health/Healthcare.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Genevieve M. Kenney, Allison Cook ) Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Health Care Reform: Implications of a Two Subsidy System]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=500144&RSSFeed=UI_Health/Healthcare.xml paffairs@urban.org ( C. Eugene Steuerle ) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[What Would Health Care Reform Mean for Small Employers and Their Workers?]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=411997&RSSFeed=UI_Health/Healthcare.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Linda J. Blumberg, Stacey McMorrow ) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Progress Enrolling Children in Medicaid/CHIP: Who is Left and What are the Prospects for Covering More Children? (Updated 12/14/09)]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=411981&RSSFeed=UI_Health/Healthcare.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Genevieve M. Kenney, Allison Cook, Lisa Dubay ) Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Premium and Cost-Sharing Subsidies under Health Reform: Implications for Coverage, Costs, and Affordability]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=411992&RSSFeed=UI_Health/Healthcare.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Bowen Garrett, Lisa Clemans-Cope, Matthew Buettgens ) Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[The Secrets of Massachusetts' Success: Why 97 Percent of State Residents Have Health Coverage]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=411987&RSSFeed=UI_Health/Healthcare.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Stan Dorn, Ian Hill, Sara Hogan ) Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Applying 21st-Century Eligibility and Enrollment Methods to National Health Care Reform]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=411985&RSSFeed=UI_Health/Healthcare.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Stan Dorn ) Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Getting to a Public Option that Contains Costs: Negotiations, Opt-Outs and Triggers]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=411984&RSSFeed=UI_Health/Healthcare.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Robert A. Berenson, John Holahan, Stephen Zuckerman ) Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Can Accountable Care Organizations Improve the Value of Health Care by Solving the Cost and Quality Quandaries?]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=411975&RSSFeed=UI_Health/Healthcare.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Kelly Devers, Robert A. Berenson ) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Can Accountable Care Organizations Improve the Value of Health Care by Solving the Cost and Quality Quandaries? - Summary]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=411979&RSSFeed=UI_Health/Healthcare.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Robert A. Berenson, Kelly Devers ) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Congressionally Mandated Evaluation of the State Children's Health Insurance Program: Final Cross-Cutting Report on the Findings from Ten State Site Visits]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=1001343&RSSFeed=UI_Health/Healthcare.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Ian Hill, Corinna Hawkes, Mary Harrington, William Black, Embry M. Howell, Heidi Kapustka, Amy Westpfahl Lutzky, Additional Authors ) Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[The High Cost of Small Business Health Insurance: Limited Options, Limited Coverage : Hearing Before the Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations United States House of Representatives]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=901290&RSSFeed=UI_Health/Healthcare.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Linda J. Blumberg ) Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Age Rating Under Comprehensive Health Care Reform: : Implications for Coverage, Costs, and Household Financial Burdens]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=411970&RSSFeed=UI_Health/Healthcare.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Linda J. Blumberg, Matthew Buettgens, Bowen Garrett ) Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Variation in Insurance Coverage Across Congressional Districts : New Estimates from 2008]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=411967&RSSFeed=UI_Health/Healthcare.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Genevieve M. Kenney, Victoria Lynch, Stephen Zuckerman, Samantha Phong ) Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[The Cost of Failure to Enact Health Reform: Implications for States]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=411965&RSSFeed=UI_Health/Healthcare.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Bowen Garrett, John Holahan, Lan Doan, Irene Headen ) Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Estimating the Cost of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=411962&RSSFeed=UI_Health/Healthcare.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Timothy Waidmann ) Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Debunking the Government Takeover Myth]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=901286&RSSFeed=UI_Health/Healthcare.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Stan Dorn, Stephen Zuckerman ) Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Health Reform in Massachusetts: An Update on Insurance Coverage and Support for Reform as of Fall 2008]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=411958&RSSFeed=UI_Health/Healthcare.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Sharon K. Long, Karen Stockley ) Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Structuring, Financing and Paying for Effective Chronic Care Coordination]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=1001316&RSSFeed=UI_Health/Healthcare.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Robert A. Berenson, Julianne Howell ) Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Current Health Reform Proposals: No Government Takeover of American Health Care]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=411952&RSSFeed=UI_Health/Healthcare.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Stan Dorn, Stephen Zuckerman ) Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Making a Business Case for Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care : Key Issues and Observations]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=411951&RSSFeed=UI_Health/Healthcare.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Randall R. Bovbjerg, Harry P. Hatry, Elaine Morley ) Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[The Nursing Workforce Challenge : Public Policy for a Dynamic and Complex Market]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=411933&RSSFeed=UI_Health/Healthcare.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Randall R. Bovbjerg, Barbara A. Ormond, Nancy M. Pindus ) Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[How Will the Uninsured be Affected by Health Reform?]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=411950&RSSFeed=UI_Health/Healthcare.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Lisa Dubay, Allison Cook, Bowen Garrett ) Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[How Does the Quality of U.S. Health Care Compare Internationally?]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=411947&RSSFeed=UI_Health/Healthcare.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Elizabeth Docteur, Robert A. Berenson ) Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Infants and Toddlers in State and Federal Budgets: Summary Report from Urban Institute Roundtable]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=411942&RSSFeed=UI_Health/Healthcare.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Rosa Maria Castaneda, Olivia Golden ) Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Lessons for Health Reform from the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=411940&RSSFeed=UI_Health/Healthcare.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Randall R. Bovbjerg ) Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Health Care Town Hall Debating Points]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=901275&RSSFeed=UI_Health/Healthcare.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Robert A. Berenson, Linda J. Blumberg, Randall R. Bovbjerg, Allison Cook, Bowen Garrett, Irene Headen, John Holahan, Aaron Lucas, Timothy Waidmann, Aimee Williams ) Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Increasing Health Insurance Coverage for High-Cost Older Adults]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=1001296&RSSFeed=UI_Health/Healthcare.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Linda J. Blumberg, Timothy Waidmann ) Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[How We Can Pay for Health Reform]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=411932&RSSFeed=UI_Health/Healthcare.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Robert A. Berenson, John Holahan, Linda J. Blumberg, Randall R. Bovbjerg, Timothy Waidmann, Allison Cook, Aimee Williams ) Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[A Report on the First Year of the San Mateo County Adult Coverage Initiative and Systems Redesign for Adult Medicine Clinic Care]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=411928&RSSFeed=UI_Health/Healthcare.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Embry M. Howell, Sarah Benatar, Dana Hughes ) Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Reducing Obesity: Policy Strategies from the Tobacco Wars]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=411926&RSSFeed=UI_Health/Healthcare.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Carolyn L. Engelhard, Arthur Garson, Jr., Stan Dorn ) Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Do Access Experiences Affect Parents' Decisions to Enroll Their Children in Medicaid and SCHIP? Findings from Focus Groups with Parents]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=1001293&RSSFeed=UI_Health/Healthcare.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Ian Hill, Holly Stockdale, Marilynn Evert, Kathleen Gifford ) Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Are Health Care Costs a Burden for Older Americans?]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=411924&RSSFeed=UI_Health/Healthcare.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Richard W. Johnson, Corina Mommaerts ) Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Achieving Quality, Affordable Health Insurance for All New Yorkers: An Analysis of Reform Options]]> http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?id=411925&RSSFeed=UI_Health/Healthcare.xml paffairs@urban.org ( Linda J. Blumberg, Bowen Garrett, Matthew Buettgens, Lisa Clemans-Cope, John Holahan, Aaron Lucas, Paul Masi, Baoping Shang ) Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST