Health Insurance

This paper describes the findings from nine Case Study states. These case studies were conducted: (1) To examine early implementation experience among the states in order to gain an understanding of the programmatic, fiscal, and political context in which design decisions were made.

Sarah M. Donelson, M.A., Christopher M. Murtaugh, Ph.D., Penny Hollander Feldman, Ph.D., Kamal Hijjazi, Ph.D., Lori Bruno, M.P.H., Stephanna Zeppie, R.N., M.A., C.P.H.Q., Shiela Kinatukara Neder, R.N., B.S.N., Eva Quint, B.A., R.N., B.S.N., Liping Huang, M.A., and Amy Clark, B.A. Center for Home Care Policy and Research

Marie Johnson, Danielle Holthaus, Jennie Harvell, Eric Coleman, Theresa Eilertsen and Andrew Kramer University of Colorado Health Sciences Center This report was prepared under contract #HHS-100-97-0010 between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy (DALTCP) and The Urban Institute.

Robert E. Hurley, Ph.D.  Department of Health Administration Virginia Commonwealth University  Paper prepared for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation of DHHS.

Recent studies of health insurance regulation all have concluded that state regulation of insurance issue, renewal and rating in general either reduces health insurance coverage or, on net, has no impact on coverage.

What Impact HIPAA? State Regulation and Private Health Insurance Coverage among Adults by Deborah J. Chollet, Ph.D. Kosali Ilayperuma Simon, Ph.D. Adele M. Kirk, M.A.

by Deborah J. Chollet, Ph.D. Mathematica Policy Research Adele M. Kirk, M.A. University of California at Los Angeles Kosali Ilayperuma Simon, Ph.D. Michigan State University