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Reports on Cost

Effects of New Drugs on Overall Health Spending, Health Affairs, May 2007
Cost Effectiveness as a Price Control, Health Affairs, May 2007
From Soak the Rick to Soak the Poor: Recent Trends in Hospital Pricing, Health Affairs, May 2007
Chipping Away at Health: More on the Relationship between Income and Child Health, March 2007
National Health Spending in 2005: The Slowdown Continues, Health Affairs, January 2007
Healthcare Spending Growth: How Different is the United States From the Rest of the OECD Health Affairs, January 2007
Prescription Drugs and the Changing Concentration of Healthcare Expenditures, Health Affairs, January 2007
Insurance Premium Cost Sharing and Coverage Take Up, Kaiser Family Foundation, February 2007
Slowing the Growth of U.S. Healthcare Expenditures: What are the options?, Commonwealth, January 2007
New Medicaid Citizenship Documentation Requirement is Taking a Toll: States Report Enrollment is Down and Administrative Costs are Up, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, February 2007
Shopping for Price in Medical Care, Health Affairs, February 2007
National Survey of Enrollees in Consumer-Directed Health Plans, Kaiser Family Foundation November 2006
Out-Of-Pocket Health Spending And The Rural Underinsured, Health Affairs, Nov/Dec 2006
Immigrants And The Cost Of Medical Care, Health Affairs, Nov/Dec 2006
Behind the Slow Growth of Employer-Based Consumer-Driven Health Plans,
Center for the Study of Health System Change, December 2006
Developing A Center For Comparative Effectiveness Information, Health Affairs, Nov/Dec 2006
Commercial Health Insurance: Smart Or Simply Lucky? , Health Affairs, Nov/Dec 2006
Stop Bad Ideas—How HSAs Can Drain Your Wallet and Harm Your Health, Families USA, December 2006
Health Savings Accounts and High Deductible Health Plans: Are They An Option for Low-Income Families? Kaiser Family Foundation, October 2006.
2006 Kaiser/HRET Employer Health Benefits Survey, Kaiser Family Foundation, September 2006.
ABC News/Kaiser Family Foundation/USA Today Health Care in America 2006 Survey, Kaiser Family Foundation, October 2006.
The Role of Consumer Copayments for Health Care: Lessons From the RAND Health Insurance Experiment and Beyond, Kaiser Family Foundation, October 2006.
Health Savings Accounts and High Deductible Health Plans: Are They An Option for Low-Income Families? Kaiser Family Foundation, October 2006.
Health Benefits In 2006: Premium Increases Moderate, Enrollment In Consumer-Directed Health Plans Remains Modest, Health Affairs, September 2006.
Tracking Health Care Costs: Continued Stability But At High Rates In 2005, Health Affairs, October 2006.
Tracking Health Care Costs: Spending Growth Remains Stable at High Rate in 2005
Center for Studying Health System Change, October 2006.
Squeezed: Why Rising Exposure to Health Care Costs Threatens the Health and Financial Well-Being of American Families, The Commonwealth Fund, September 2006.
House Bill Would Make Health Savings Accounts More Attractive As Tax Shelters for High-Income Individuals, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, September 2006.
New Developments In HSAs: House Committee Approves Bill, Major New GAO Study, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, September 2006.
GAO Study Confirms Health Savings Accounts Primarily Benefit High-Income Individuals, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, September 2006.
Health Affairs, Effects Of A Cost-Sharing Exemption On Use Of Preventive Services At One Large Employer, Nov/Dec 2006
How Much More Cost Sharing Will Health Savings Accounts Bring?, Health Affairs, July/August 2006
Health Care Spending and Use of Information Technology in OECD Countries, Health Affairs, May/June 2006
Health Spending Projections Through 2015: Changes On The Horizon, Health Affairs, March/April 2006
Bankruptcy Is the Tip of a Medical-Debt Iceberg, Health Affairs, March/April 2006
Hospital Payment Systems: Will Payers Like the Future Better Than The Past?, Health Affairs, 2006
Market Watch: Estimating The Cost Of New Drug Development: Is It Really $802 Million?, Health Affairs, March/April 2006
Recent Growth in Health Expenditures, The Commonwealth Fund, March 2006
What High-Deductible Plans Look Like: Findings From A National Survey of Employers, 2005, Health Affairs, September 14, 2005
States' Control Of Prescription Drug Spending: A Heterogeneous Approach, Health Affairs, July/August 2005
Tracking Health Care Costs: Spending Growth Stabilizes at High Rate in 2004, Health Affairs, June 2005
Market Watch: Medicaid Containment And Access To Prescription Drugs, Health Affairs, May/June 2005
What to Do About Health Care Costs? Views of Health Care Leaders, The Commonwealth Fund, May 2005
The Commonwealth Fund Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey: Assessing Health Care Experts' Views on Health Care Costs, The Commonwealth Fund, May 2005
New State Data on Medicaid Drug Use and Cost Can Help States Solve Problems, Mathematica, March 2005
Controlling Health Costs and Improving Health Care Quality for Retirees, Employee Benefit Research Institute, February 2005
Health Care Costs Survey, The USA Today/Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health (PDF)
Employer Health Benefits 2005 Annual Survey, Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research and Educational Trust’s
Health Care Costs, Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research and Educational Trust’s
Health Spending Projections Through 2013, Health Affairs
What's Driving Health Care Costs, Commonwealth Fund (PDF)
Facts on the Cost of Care, National Coalition on Health Care, (PDF)

Reports on the Uninsured

Getting Illinois Covered it Makes Fiscal Sense, Families USA, April 2007
Chipping Away at Health: More on the Relationship between Income and Child Health, Health Affairs, April 2007
Risk Pooling and Regulation: Policy and Reality in Today’s Individual Health Insurance Market, Health Affairs, April 2007
Insurance Coverage of Children by Race/Ethnicity and Poverty Level, 2005: National and State Level Estimates, Family Foundation, May 2007
Employment Based Health Benefits: 1985 to 2005, Employee Benefit Research Institute, March 2007
Transforming the U.S. Child Health System, Health Affairs, March 2007
Health Opportunity Accounts: What are They and Why Should State Advocates Care?, Families USA, March 2007
Disruptive Innovation: Can Health Care Learn from Other Industries, Health Affairs, March
Beyond Medical Care: How Health Systems Can Approach Children’s Needs through Health Promotions Strategy, Health Affairs, March 2007.
SCHIP and Children’s Healthcare: Leveling the Playing Field, FamiliesUSA, December 2006
Coping with SCHIP Enrollment Caps: Lessons from Seven States’ Experiences, Health Affairs, January 2007
Key Facts: Race, Ethnicity, and Medical Care, 2007 update, Kaiser Family Foundation, January 2007
Employers’ Views On Incremental Measures To Expand Health Coverage, Health Affairs, Nov/Dec 2006
Would Safety-Net Expansions Offset Reduced Access Resulting From Lost Insurance Coverage? Race/Ethnicity Differences, Health Affairs, Nov/Dec 2006
The Uninsured And The Affordability Of Health Insurance Coverage, Health Affairs, 30 November 2006
Stop Bad Ideas—HSAs: Missing the Target, Families USA, November 2006
Employer Health Benefits 2006 Annual Survey , Kaiser Family Foundation, September 2006.
Health Coverage for Low-Income Americans: An Evidence-Based Approach to Public Policy Kaiser Family Foundation, October 2006.
New Reports Analyze Latest Data on Health Coverage, Examine the Decline in Employer-Sponsored Coverage, Kaiser Family Foundation, October 2006.
Sources of Health Insurance and Characteristics of the Uninsured: Analysis of the March 2006 Current Population Survey, Employee Benefit Research Institute, October 2006.
Employers Should Pay Their Fair Share for Health Care, Families USA, September 2006.
Who are the Uninsured? A Consistent Profile Across National Surveys, Kaiser Family Foundation, August 2006.
Health Care Disconnect: Gaps in Coverage and Care for Minority Adults, The Commonwealth Fund, Issue Brief- August 2006.
Covering Kids and Families: The State of Kids’ Coverage, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, August 2006.
The Number of Uninsured Americans is at an All-Time High, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, August 2006.
The Impact of Hours of Work on Employment-Based Health Benefits, Employee Benefit Research Institute, May 2006
Gaps in Health Insurance: An All American Problem, The Commonwealth Fund, May/June 2006
Rite of Passage? Why Young Adults Become Uninsured and How New Policies Can Help, The Commonwealth Fund, May 2006
Why Employer-Sponsored Insurance Coverage Changed, 1997–2003, Health Affairs, May/June 2006
Charge of the Right Brigade? Communities, Coverage, and Care for the Uninsured, Health Affairs, April 2006
Community Approaches to Providing Care for the Uninsured, Health Affairs, April 2006
Cover the Uninsured Week, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2006
The Uninsured: A Primer--Key Facts About Americans without Health Insurance, Kaiser Family Foundation, Kaiser Commission on
The Uninsured and Their Access to Health Care, Kaiser Family Foundation, November 2005
Sources of Health Insurance and Characteristics of the Uninsured: Analysis of the March 2005 Current Population Survey, Employee Benefit Resource Institute, November 2005
Perception, Reality and Health Insurance: Uninsured as Likely as Insured to Perceive Need for Care but Half as Likely to Get Care, Center for Studying Health System Change, October 2005
Balancing Margin and Mission: Hospitals Alter Billing and Collection Practices for Uninsured Patients, Center for Studying Health System Change, October 2005
What is the Current Population Survey Telling Us about the Number of Uninsured?, Kaiser Family Foundation, August 2005
Insured But Not Protected: How Many Adults Are Underinsured?, Health Affairs, June 14, 2005
Variations In The Impact Of Health Coverage Expansion Proposals Across States, Health Affairs, June 2005
State and Local Efforts to Provide Care to the Uninsured in 12 CTS Sites, Mathematica, June 2005
Myths about the Uninsured, Kaiser Family Foundation, April 2005
The Impact Of Blue Cross Conversions On Health Spending And The Uninsured, Health Affairs, March/April 2005
Profiles of the Uninsured: Uninsured Americans Tell Their Stories, The Commonwealth Fund, January 2005
Covering the Uninsured: Growing Needs, Strained Resources, Kaiser Family Foundation, 2005
State Estimates of Health Insurance Coverage of Women Ages 18-64, 2003-2004, Kaiser Family Foundation
It's the Premiums, Stupid: Projections of the Uninsured through 2013, Health Affairs
Paying a Premium: The Added Cost of Care for the Uninsured, Families USA
Uninsured Americans with Chronic Health Conditions, Urban Institute (PDF)
Uninsured as Likely as Insured to Perceive Need for Care but Half as Likely to Get Care, Center for Studying Health System Change
Health Coverage and the Uninsured: 2004 Data Update, Kaiser Family Foundation (PDF)
New Reports Profile the Growing Uninsured Population and Portray the Health Care Safety Net as Increasingly Strained, Kaiser Family Foundation
Key Resources on Health Coverage and the Uninsured, Kaiser Family Foundation
Changes in Economic Conditions and Health Insurance Coverage, Health Affairs
Entrances and Exits: Health Insurance Churning, 1998-2000, Commonwealth Fund
A Shared Responsibility: US Employers and the Provision of Health Insurance to Employees, Commonwealth Fund
Wages, Health Benefits and Workers Health, Commonwealth Fund (PDF)
Attitudes of Business Leaders on Health Coverage, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (PDF)

Employer Coverage

The Role of Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage for Immigrants: A Primer, Kaiser Family Foundation, July 2006.
The Impact of Hours of Work on Employment-Based Health Benefits, Employee Benefit Research Institute, May 2006
Why Employer-Sponsored Insurance Coverage Changed, 1997–2003, Health Affairs, May/June 2006

Health Advocacy Organizations

State Info

New Jersey’s Path Toward Universal Coverage, FamiliesUSA, May 2007
Getting Illinois Covered It Makes Fiscal Sense, FamiliesUSA, May 2007
Can Private Companies Contribute to Public Programs’ Outreach Efforts? Evidence from California, Health Affairs, March 2007
Health Reform Interrupted: The Unraveling of the Oregon Health Plan, Health Affairs, December 2006
A Blueprint for Universal Health Insurance Coverage in New York, Commonwealth, December 2006
Illinois' All Kids: A Step in the Right Direction, Families USA, October 2006.
Vermont's Heatlh Reform Law: What Does Vermont's 2006 Catamount Health Legislation Do?, Families USA, September 2006.
Vermont's Health Reform Laws, Families USA, November 2006State Health Policy Overview, Commonwealth Fund, updated April 2006
States in Action: A Quarterly Look at Innovations in Health Policy, Commonwealth Fund, March 2006
Using Clinical Evidence to Manage Pharmacy Benefits: Experiences of Six States, Commonwealth Fund, March 2006
State Information, Families USA, updated 2006
Waiver Tool Box, Families USA, updated April 2006
State Policy Work, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, updated April 2006
Kaiser State Health Facts
Americans for Health Care State Health Facts
State Coverage Initiatives
Characteristics of the Uninsured: A View from the States (PDF)

Policy Resources

Public Programs

Comparing Public and Private Health Insurance for Children, Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, May 2007
Curbing Medicare Overpayments to Private Insurers Could Benefit Minorities and Help Expand Children’s Health Coverage, Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, May 2007
Decreasing Disparities in Health Coverage for Legal Immigrant Children and Pregnant Women, Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, May 2007
Crossing the Medicaid Private Insurance Divide: The Case of EPSDT, Health Affairs, April 2007
Is Medicaid Sustainable? Spending Projections For The Program’s Second Forty Years, Health Affairs, April 2007
Medicaid at the Ten Year Anniversary of SCHIP: Looking Back and Moving Forward, Health Affairs, April 2007
Options Exist for Offsetting the Cost of Extending Health Coverage to More Low Income Children, Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, April 2007
SCHIP at a Crossroads: Experiences to Date and Challenges Ahead, Health Affairs April 2007
Enrolling Children in Medicaid and SCHIP: Insights from Focus Groups with Low Income Parents, Kaiser Family Foundation, March 2007
How Stable is Medicaid Coverage for Children?, Health Affairs, March 2007
Medicaid at the Ten Year Anniversary of SCHIP: Looking Back and Moving Forward, Health Affairs, March 2007
New Medicaid Documentation Requirements are Taking a Toll: States Report Enrollment is Down and Administrative Costs are Up, Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, March 2007
Options Exist for Offsetting the Cost of Extending Health Coverage to More Low Income Children, Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, March 2007
Reassessing How Society Prioritizes the Health of Young People, Health Affairs, March 2007
SCHIP at a Crossroads: Experiences to Date and Challenges Ahead, Health Affairs, March 2007
SCHIP Reauthorization: President’s Plan Would Provide Less than Half the Funds that States Need to Maintain SCHIP Enrollment, Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, March 2007
Substitution of SCHIP for Private Coverage: Results from a 2002 Evaluation of Ten States, Health Affairs, March 2007
Universal Coverage for Children: Alternatives, Key Issues and Political Opportunities, Health Affairs, March 2007
Low Medicaid Spending Growth Amid Rebounding State Revenues: Results from a 50-State Medicaid Budget Survey (State Fiscal Years 2006 and 2007) Kaiser Family Foundation, October 2006.
Oversight and Enforcement of Medicare Part D Plan Requirements: Federal Role and Responsibilities Kaiser Family Foundation, September 2006.
Coverage Options For Promising Technologies: Medicare’s ‘Coverage With Evidence Development’ Health Affairs, September/October 2006.
Who Failed To Enroll In Medicare Part D, And Why? Early Results Health Affairs, September/October 2006.
Low Medicaid Spending Growth Amid Rebounding State Revenues: Results From a 50-State Medicaid Budget Survey State Fiscal Years 2006 and 2007 Kaiser Family Foundation, October 2006.
Medicare Privatization: Windfall for the Special Interests, Families USA, October 2006.
Coverage of Parents Helps Children, Too, Families USA, October 2006.
SCHIP Financing Update: In 2007, 17 States Will Face Federal Funding Shortfalls of $800 Million in Their SCHIP Programs, Families USA, October 2006.
Is Medicaid Responsible for the Erosion of Employer-Based Health Coverage? Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, September 2006.
State Fiscal Conditions & Medicaid, Kaiser Family Foundation, November 2006
Health Coverage for Low-Income Americans: An Evidence-Based Approach to Public Policy, Kaiser Family Foundation, November 2006
Benefit Design and Formularies of Medicare Drug Plans: A Comparison of 2006 and 2007 Offerings, Kaiser Family Foundation, November 2006
Medicaid’s Long-Term Care Beneficiaries: An Analysis of Spending Patterns , Kaiser Family Foundation, November 2006
The Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit - An Updated Fact Sheet, Kaiser Family Foundation November 2006
Benefit Design and Formularies of Medicare Drug Plans: A Comparison of 2006 and 2007 Offerings, Kaiser Family Foundation, November 2006
Health Affairs, New Directions For Public Health Care Purchasers? Responses To Looming Challenges, Kaiser Family Foundation, Nov/Dec 2006
Medicare Physician Group Practices: Innovations in Quality and Efficiency, Commonwealth Fund, December 2006
The Cost of Privatization: Extra Payments to Medicare Advantage Plans—Updated and Revised, Commonwealth Fund,November 2006
SCHIP and Children's Health Coverage: Fitting the Pieces Together, Families USA, November 2006
Stop Bad Ideas—Private Gain and Public Pain in Medicare, Families USA, December 2006
Picking a Part D Plan: Déjà Vu All Over Again? Families USA, November 2006
Coverage through the "Doughnut Hole" Grows Scarcer in 2007, Families USA, November 2006
Medicaid Costs Are Growing More Slowly Than Costs For Medicare or Private Insurance, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 13 November 2006
Medicaid Patients Increasingly Concentrated Among Physicians, Center for Studying Health System Change, Tracking Report No. 15, August 2006.
Private Plans Not a Good Deal for All Seniors The Commonwealth Fund, Fund Digest, July/August 2006.
Closing the Gaps in Child Health Coverage The Commonwealth Fund, Fund Digest, July/August 2006.
KYHealth Choices Medicaid Reform: Key Program Changes and Questions, Kaiser Family Foundation, July 2006.
West Virginia Medicaid State Plan Amendment: Key Program Changes and Questions, Kaiser Family Foundation, July 2006.
The Role of Medicaid and SCHIP as an Insurance Safety Net, Urban Institute, August 2006.
Instability of Public Health Insurance Coverage for Children and Their Families: Causes, Consequences, and Remedies, The Commonwealth Fund, June 2006
Health Coverage for Low-Income Populations: A Comparison of Medicaid and SCHIP, Kaiser Family Foundation, April 2006
The Cost of Medicaid Annuities, Health Affairs, March/April 2006
Can States Stretch the Medicaid Dollar without Passing the Buck? Lessons from Utah, Health Affairs, March/April 2006
Are Adults Benefiting From State Coverage Expansions?, Health Affairs, March/April 2006
Medicaid Spending and Enrollment: State and National Data Update, Kaiser Family Foundation, March 2006
New Requirement for Birth Certificates of Passports Could Threaten Medicaid Coverage for Vulnerable Beneficiaries: A State-by-state Analysis, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, February 2006
The Implications of a Loss in Public Health Coverage, Kaiser Family Foundation, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, January 2006
Medicaid and the Uninsured--In a Time of Growing Need: State Choices Influence Health Coverage Access for Children and Families--A 50 State Update on Eligibility Rules...., Kaiser Family Foundation, October 2005
Medicaid Benefits: Online Database--Benefits by State, Kaiser Family Foundation, August 2005
The Impact Of Increased Cost Sharing On Medicaid Enrollees, Health Affairs, July/August 2005
Impact of Changes to Premiums, Cost-Sharing, and Benefits on Adult Medicaid Beneficiaries: Results from an Ongoing Study of the Oregon Health Plan, The Commonwealth Fund, July 2005
Out-of-Pocket Medical Expenses for Medicaid Beneficiaries Are Substantial and Growing, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, May 2005
Enrolling Uninsured Low-Income Children in Medicaid and SCHIP, Kaiser Family Foundation, March 2005
Future Medicaid Growth is Not Due to Flaws in the Program's Design, but to Demographic Trends and General Increases in Health Care Costs, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, February 2005

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Updated: June 16, 2006