Publications
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The Ineffectiveness of Individual Mandates
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Providing insurance coverage for the uninsured has become a cause celebre during the recent crisis, with hundreds of thousands of Americans losing their jobs and the percentage of Americans without insurance rising across multiple policy lines. -
Research & Commentary: Health Care Retail Clinics
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Affordable, convenient health care has become more available to average Americans as a result of the proliferation of so-called "retail clinics. -
Health Insurance Mandates
Publication -Research and Commentaries -One of the major causes of high-priced health insurance in the U.S. is the high number of mandatory minimum coverages required by some state governments. -
Health Savings Accounts
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Health Savings Accounts are a way to provide affordable, flexible, consumer-directed health insurance for a population that has a growing need for quality coverage. -
Rationing – How Not to Reform Health Care
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Most Americans want health care reform, but mandating health insurance or legislating a government-run single-payer system will not solve anything. Health care needs less government intervention, not more. -
Evidence-Based Medicine
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The relationship between doctors and their patients is very special. -
Medicaid Reform
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Between 1970 and 2002 government expenditures on health care rose by 690 percent, and if current trends hold, by the year 2050 those expenditures will account for one-third of U.S. gross domestic product. -
10 Principles of Health Care Policy
Publication -Legislative Principles -This booklet is designed to help state legislators find solutions to health care problems by first identifying their causes and true extent--which often are not as they are reported in newspaper stories or touted by special interest groups--and then by -
State Children’s Health Insurance Program
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Created in 1997, SCHIP provides health insurance coverage for families with too much income to qualify for Medicaid, but not enough income to afford private insurance. -
Research & Commentary: Retail Health Clinics
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Some critics claim these clinics sacrifice quality for expediency, and collectively pose a threat to high standards of care offered in a traditional doctor’s office setting. -
The Costs, Benefits, and Regulation of Prescription Drugs
Publication -Research and Commentaries -A 54-page collection of essays addressing prescription drug regulation, first assembled for distribution to state attorneys general and speakers at a January 2005 Presidential Initiative Meeting of the National Association of Attorneys General in Chicago. -
State Fiscal Constraints and Higher Education Spending: The Role of Medicaid and the Business Cycle
Publication -Policy Studies -The more states spend on Medicaid, the less they spend on higher education. -
No. 91 Extending Affordable Health Insurance to the Uninsurable
Publication -Policy Studies -Approximately 2.5 million people in the U.S.--about 1 percent of the population--suffer from pre-existing medical conditions making it likely their future medical expenses will be extremely high. -
No. 91 Extending Affordable Health Insurance to the Uninsurable
Publication -Policy Studies -Approximately 2.5 million people in the U.S.--about 1 percent of the population--suffer from pre-existing medical conditions making it likely their future medical expenses will be extremely high. -
No. 78 How to Implement Kassebaum-Kennedy (pdf)
Publication -Policy Studies -Changes are being made to the national health insurance market that will have far-reaching consequences for the cost and quality of health care in the U.S.