Data Note: A Snapshot of Public Opinion on the Individual Mandate
For the two years since the law's passage, and during the debate leading up to it, the individual mandate has been one of the most controversial aspects of the law.
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The California Endowment and the Kaiser Family Foundation Release “Health Reform Hits Main Street” Animation in Spanish
News ReleaseHealth Reform Explained – En Español MENLO PARK, Calif. (January 12, 2012) – Today, The California Endowment and the Kaiser Family Foundation are releasing a Spanish-language version of “Health Reform Hits Main Street,” the popular animation that explains the major provisions of the Affordable Care Act.
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Health Reform Hits Main Street
VideoThis short cartoon explains the problems with the current health care system, the health reform changes that are happening now, and the big changes coming in 2014 as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). You can view the video on our site and it is also available on YouTube.
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What’s in There? The New Health Reform Law and Private Insurance
Event Date:EventThis briefing focuses on how the reform law affects access to private coverage, including the new federal high-risk pools, tax credits for small businesses, health insurance exchanges, the individual mandate and employer obligations. This briefing, cosponsored by the Alliance for Health Reform and the Kaiser Family Foundation, explored these and other issues.
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Affordability and Health Reform: If We Mandate, Will They (and Can They) Pay?
Event Date:EventThe Alliance for Health Reform and The Commonwealth Fund co-sponsored this briefing to explore the health reform proposals being considered which may impose responsibilities on both individuals and employers to have and help pay for coverage and whether they will be able to pay the amounts above the subsidies.
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Public Opinion on Health Reform: What Do the Polls Mean?
Event Date:EventThe Alliance for Health Reform and the Kaiser Family Foundation co-sponsored this briefing to have a panel of experts answer questions about how public support for health reform waxes and wanes depending, not only on what's being proposed in the reform proposals, but also on who asks the question and how it is asked.