IntroductionAlthough the majority of Americans with health insurance obtain their coverage through group health plans offered through their employers, many individuals obtain their coverage through the nongroup (or individual) insurance market.
Policy & Regulation
Find ASPE’s latest releases on critical aspects of health and human services-related policy and regulation on the Federal and State levels. Learn more about the impact of these policies across the country.
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Reports
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Advanced SearchVolume Growth in Medicare. An Investigation of Ten Physicians' Services
Medicare’s Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) is a target rate of growth in spending for physicians’ services. Payments for physicians’ services are supposed to automatically adjust in response to actual spending falling either above or below the target.
Literature Review
Best Practices to Improve Take-up Rates in Health Insurance Programs
The study provides public programs, employers and private insurers with effective best practices used in Medicare, Medicaid, SCHIP, and the private insurance market to improve participation in health insurance coverage.
Application of Adult-Based Dietary Guidelines to Children: Evidence, Knowledge Gaps and Policy Implications
Application of Adult-Based Dietary Guidelines to Children: Evidence, Knowledge Gaps and Policy Implications Prepared by: Ronette R. Briefel, Allison Hedley Dodd, Charlotte Cabili and Carol West Suitor
Expert Panel Meeting on Disease Management Outcomes Measurement
Summary of panel discussion concerning the challenges of measuring the impact of disease management programs, especially for individuals with multiple chronic conditions.
Current Issues and Options: Coverage and Reimbursement for Complex Molecular Diagnostics
Current Issues and Options: Coverage and Reimbursement for Complex Molecular Diagnostics This is a policy analysis document developed to inform ongoing discussions regarding certain types of diagnostic tests. Bruce Quinn MD PhD Foley Hoag LLP
Analysis of the California In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) Plus Waiver Demonstration Program
This report documents IHSS Plus Waiver implementation and recipient Medicaid service use in calendar year 2005.
Consumer Response to a National Marketplace for Individual Insurance
The President has proposed, and at least one bill has been introduced in Congress, to change federal law that prevents health insurance from being offered nationally as opposed to in only state-specific markets.
Cost and Coverage: The Impact of Implementing Various State Health Care Reform Proposals Nationally
With 45.7 million uninsured American in 2007, up from 38.4 million in 2000 (U.S. Census Bureau, 2008), health care reform is taking center stage as one of the top priorities for governors, state legislatures, and Congress.
Cost and Coverage Impacts of the President's Health Care Reform Proposal and a Congressional Tax Credit Proposal
This project focuses on modeling the potential impact on states of the various insurance coverage proposals in the President's 2008 Budget, estimating fiscal impacts as well as their potential effects on insurance participation rates. The project also models the potential impacts of a tax credit proposal as outlined in S 1019. [39 PDF pages]