These reports provide in-depth analysis related to the health reform debate. Additional reports will be added as they become available.
Health Reform Subsidy Calculator
This interactive calculator illustrates the premiums and subsidies for those who
purchase coverage on their own through an exchange or gateway because they don’t
get health insurance through their employers, Medicare or Medicaid, as provided
under the key Congressional reform plans.
2009 Kaiser/HRET Employer Health Benefits Survey
This benchmark study finds family premiums reached $13,375 annually this year, up 5 percent while overall prices fell 0.7 percent. Over 10 years, premiums jumped 131 percent, more than three times worker wages and four times inflation. A related column by Kaiser President and CEO Drew Altman examines the implications for health reform.
Health Reform Lessons From Massachusetts
Two reports and an updated fact sheet examine state-level health reform in Massachusetts and the lessons it offers for policymakers in Washington.
Health Care and the Middle Class: More Costs and Less Coverage
This issue brief examines the availability, affordability and stability of the health insurance coverage of the American middle class, defined as those with incomes of $44,000 to $88,000 for a family of four.
The Coverage and Cost Impacts of Expanding Medicaid
This paper quantifies the impacts on coverage and cost of expanding Medicaid to cover more of the low-income uninsured, including adults, at various income levels and with improved participation rates.
Rising Unemployment, Medicaid and the Uninsured
This report analyzes the relationship between increases in the unemployment rate and changes in the number of people covered by employer-sponsored health insurance, Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program and non-group insurance policies, as well as the financial implications for government budgets.
