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This interactive side-by-side compares the leading comprehensive health reform proposals across a number of key characteristics and plan components.  Proposals for moving toward universal coverage that have been put forward by the president and  members of congress are included.

The November Kaiser Health Tracking Poll shows little movement in measures of public opinion about health reform from recent months. The poll does report new findings of the public's ranking their top priorities for health reform legislation, their reasons for support and opposition in their own words, and, for the first time this year, their reporting seeing more anti-reform ads than pro-reform ads.  

This interactive tool 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.

This issue brief discusses the treatment of coverage for abortion services under the major health reform bills and explores the possible impact of the House-passed legislation on public and private coverage for abortion services.

This issue brief examines some of the key provisions of health reform legislation that are likely to have a significant impact on people of color and also highlights the specific provisions that focus on health disparities.

This brief describes the major Medicare provisions in the health reform legislation approved by the House on November 7, 2009.

Health reform initiatives will have differential effects on states. This chartbook pulls together key data related to state variation in areas such as unemployment rates, poverty levels, fiscal conditions, eligibility levels for public programs, the uninsured rate and access to care.

This brief compares the Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program provisions in the House Leadership health reform bill,  H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act, to current law.

This issue brief considers questions associated with the establishment of a new entity to set Medicare payment policy and the implications for beneficiaries, other stakeholders, and program spending.  The idea is being considered as part of health form as a way to improve Medicare's efficiency and control health care costs.

This Today's Topics In Health Disparities webcast examines how ready the health care system is for the influx of newly covered individuals that health reform aims to deliver. The panelists discuss provisions in the bills that address the need for increasing the health care workforce and maintaining the safety net, as well as potential gaps in the legislation, and the possible impact on racial and ethnic health disparities.