Implementing and Administering Health Care Reform: Issues and Options for State Executives
An examination of the major decisions states face in designing health reforms, as well as their capacity to implement them.
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Health Reform Legislation: A Comparison of House and Senate Majority Leadership Bills
ReportA comparison of the House (Gephardt/Foley) and Senate (Mitchell) leadership health reform bills and the Administration's Health Security Act to the current health care system in each of 14 different categories.
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Health Reform Legislation: A Comparison of Committee Action
ReportA comparison of the health reform proposals by the Congressional committees with jurisdiction -- House Ways and Means, Education, and Labor, and Senate Finance, Labor and Human Resources Committees -- and the Administration's Health Security Act to the current health care system in each of 14 different categories.
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Warning: Inadequate Low-Income Subsidy Design Can Cause Problems for Health Care Reform
Other PostWarning: Inadequate Low-Income Subsidy Design Can Cause Problems for Health Care Reform This report examines potential adverse consequences of low-income subsidy systems contained in the leading health care reform approaches including: work disincentives as a result of high marginal taxrates; employer incentives to drop coverage; and loss of coverage due to budgetary control mechanisms.
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Health Care Reform: The Long Term Care Factor
Other PostHealth Care Reform: The Long Term Care Factor Note: This publication is no longer in circulation. However, a copy may still exist in the Foundation's internal library that could be reproduced. Please email order@kff.org if you would like to pursue this option.
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Changes in Health Insurance Under the Clinton Health Plan
ReportThis paper examines how the Clinton health care reform plan would affect the insurance coverage of Americans under age 65 and discusses the implications of the plan for employees and Medicaid programs nationally and in California, Florida, Michigan, New York, and Texas.
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Lessons in Medicaid: Improving Access to Office Based Physician Care for the Low-Income Population
Other PostThis commentary outlines the important lessons that have been gained from experience with Medicaid payments to office-based physicians and discusses the implications of these lessons for future health care reform.
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Families and the National Health Reform: Comparison of Family Premium Responsibilities under Current Legislature Proposals
ReportThis paper assesses the affordability of premiums and disincentives to work for a family of three under President Clinton's plan, the Cooper/Breaux bill, the Chafee/Thomas bill, and the Wellstone/McDermott bill. Report: Families and National Health Reform: A Comparison...
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Medicaid and Health System Reform: The Potential for Integration into an Employer-Based System
ReportReport: Medicaid and Health System Reform: The Potential for Integration into an Employer-Based System…
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A Profile of the Uninsured in America
ReportThis article presents a profile of the uninsured population in the U.S., providing key facts on its size and demographics and the impact of lack of insurance on access to care and health status.