Rising Unemployment, Medicaid and the Uninsured

Estimates the impact of different levels of unemployment on healthcare coverage and state costs for Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Programs (SCHIP) and the uninsured. Considers the impact of proportional budget cuts on Medicaid and SCHIP

Employer-Sponsored Insurance Under Health Reform: Reports of Its Demise Are Premature

Compares estimated changes in employer health coverage and total spending by firm size; offer rates among small firms, and premium trends under the 2010 healthcare reform law and without reform. Discusses factors that will keep ESI coverage rates steady

How Will the Affordable Care Act Affect Jobs?

Examines the argument that the 2010 healthcare reform law will destroy jobs, including claims about the increase in federal spending and likely effect on business. Considers impact relative to the economy's size, offsets, and cost-containment effects

The Effects of Large Premium Increases on Individuals, Families, and Small Businesses

Estimates the impact of rising insurance premiums on coverage, costs, adverse selection, public spending, and small employers' offers of insurance under three scenarios. Compares projections for loss of coverage by age, income, and type of insurance

Why the Individual Mandate Matters

Compares estimates of coverage rates for the nonelderly and of spending by government, employers, individuals, and the overall health system under the 2010 healthcare reform law and estimates under a scenario in which the individual mandate is eliminated

Premium and Cost-Sharing Subsidies Under Health Reform: Implications for Coverage, Costs and Affordability

Using the Urban Institute's simulation model, estimates household financial burdens under House and Senate healthcare reform bills. Compares coverage and affordability under various reform options by source of coverage, income, healthcare needs, and age

Health Care Spending Under Reform: Less Uncompensated Care and Lower Costs to Small Employers

Estimates the implications of the House reform bill passed in 2009 for coverage distribution, cost of uncompensated care for the uninsured, and employers' net costs by firm size, and individual and family spending by income. Considers budgetary benefits

Age Rating Under Comprehensive Health Care Reform: Implications for Coverage, Costs and Household Financial Burdens

Quantifies the implications of policy options on the practice of varying insurance premiums by age for the government, employers, and families of different ages, incomes, and sizes. Examines coverage, aggregate and household costs, and non-group premiums

The Cost of Failure to Enact Health Reform: Implications for States

Estimates the impact of not enacting health reforms on each state's insurance coverage, public spending, employers' share of premiums, and families' premiums and out-of-pocket costs in 2014 and 2019, under three scenarios for income and healthcare costs

Medicaid, SCHIP and Economic Downturn: Policy Challenges and Policy Responses

Examines how a rise in unemployment affects Medicaid and SCHIP (State Children's Health Insurance Program) enrollment and costs, the number of uninsured, and state revenues. Considers general and targeted fiscal relief for states to prevent program cuts