Reports & Analysis

Data from the Center for Studying Health Spending indicates that health care prices in March 2011 were 1.9 percent higher than in March 2010.

This issue brief explores whether the subsidies available through the Affordable Care Act are enough to make health insurance affordable for low-income families.

This paper draws on and updates an earlier paper that looked at the impact of health reform on the economy and employment.

Aon Hewitt surveyed 344 companies representing 2.2 million retirees from May through November 2010 for its report, Employer Reaction to Health Care Reform: Retiree Strategy Survey.

This report identifies the cylical process of Medicaid as a key driver in the state's budget deficit.

This legislative toolkit will assist with the design of health insurance exchanges.

Two recent reports from the Center for Children and Families at the Georgetown Health Policy Institute are questioning whether the pilot project on which Florida Medicaid reforms are based have produced the necessary efficiencies or cost reductions.   

The American Bar Association Section of Taxation sent comments on March 23, 2011, recommending that the final rule provide relief and clarification for grandfathered plans.  

The Eldercare Workforce Alliance, a coalition of 28 national organizations, wrote to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Innovation Center  to spell out its principles for dealing with the shortage of workers to care for the growing number of elderly Americans.

The Commonwealth Fund loooked at physicians in California and the United Kingdom that were already participating in pay-for-performance programs. The study found unintended consequences as a result of pay-for-performance programs.