2012-05-24T20:43:32Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/health-legislation.html http://www.rand.org/publications/randreview/issues/2012/spring/news2.html May 11, 2012 May 11, 2012

If the individual mandate requiring all Americans to have health insurance were eliminated, it would sharply reduce the number of people gaining coverage and slightly increase the cost for those who do buy policies through the new insurance exchanges.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201200104.html May 7, 2012 May 7, 2012

If consumer-directed health plans grow to account for half of all employer-sponsored insurance in the United States, health costs could drop by $57 billion annually—about 4 percent of all health care spending among the nonelderly.

http://www.rand.org/blog/2012/05/would-the-affordable-care-act-lead-to-reductions-in.html May 4, 2012 May 4, 2012

As the U.S. Supreme Court considers the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) individual mandate, one of the questions being debated is what effect the mandate would have on employer-sponsored health insurance coverage. A factor to consider in this is the effect the ACA would have on small businesses, which employ the majority of America's private-sector workforce.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2012/03/21/USAT.html Mar 21, 2012 Mar 21, 2012

If the individual mandate were ruled unconstitutional, subsidies and the age structure of premiums should keep enough healthy people in the insurance exchanges to prevent huge spikes in premiums, write Carter C. Price and Christine Eibner.

http://www.rand.org/labor/centers/cdr/projects/health-care-reform-and-disability-insurance.html Mar 12, 2012 Mar 12, 2012

As the Affordable Care Act expands health insurance coverage in the U.S., the "cost" of applying for SSDI will decline for many. Studying the effect of Massachusetts health care reform in 2006 may provide insights into the impact the ACA may have on SSDI applications and awards.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120043.html Mar 1, 2012 Mar 1, 2012

State small-group health insurance reforms, implemented in the 1990s, aimed at controlling the variability of health insurance premiums and to improve access to health insurance. These reforms only affected firms within a specific size range, and as a result, they may have affected the size of small firms around the legislative threshold and may also have affected the propensity of small firms to offer health insurance.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR1221.html Feb 15, 2012 Feb 15, 2012

Eliminating a key part of health care reform that requires all Americans to have health insurance would sharply lower the number of people gaining coverage, but would not dramatically increase the cost of buying policies through new insurance exchanges.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9646.html Feb 15, 2012 Feb 15, 2012

An analysis of the effects of implementing the Affordable Care Act without an individual mandate found that over 12 million people who would have otherwise signed up for coverage will be uninsured and premium prices will increase by 2.4 percent.

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2012/02/16.html Feb 15, 2012 Feb 15, 2012

Eliminating a key part of health care reform that requires all Americans to have health insurance would sharply lower the number of people gaining coverage, but would not dramatically increase the cost of buying policies through new insurance exchanges.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100293.html Feb 8, 2012 Feb 8, 2012

Rules that allow some small employers to avoid regulation under the federal Affordable Care Act are unlikely to have a major impact on the future cost of health insurance unless those rules are relaxed to allow more businesses to opt out.

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2012/02/08/index2.html Feb 8, 2012 Feb 8, 2012

Rules that allow some small employers to avoid regulation under the federal Affordable Care Act are unlikely to have a major impact on the future cost of health insurance unless those rules are relaxed to allow more businesses to opt out.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120031.html Feb 1, 2012 Feb 1, 2012

Regional variation in Medicare Part D spending for prescription drugs results largely from differences in the cost of drugs selected rather than prescription volume.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2012/01/04/JAMA.html Jan 4, 2012 Jan 4, 2012

Most will agree with the undeniable fact that a new era in US medicine and US health care begins in less than 2 years. The key question is what potential measures should be monitored to determine both anticipated and unanticipated effects of the new law on the health of the US population, writes Robert H. Brook.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120004.html Jan 1, 2012 Jan 1, 2012

The Affordable Care Act marks a new era in US health care and US medicine. This commentary suggests ways to monitor the act's effect on the health of the US population.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120099.html Jan 1, 2012 Jan 1, 2012

The CHIP expansions to children in higher income families were associated with limited uptake of public coverage.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9635.html Dec 13, 2011 Dec 13, 2011

Since Massachusetts enacted health reform legislation in 2006, health care employment in the state has grown more rapidly than in the rest of the United States, primarily in administrative positions.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2011/11/09/JAMA.html Nov 9, 2011 Nov 9, 2011

A scientific and political case could be made to amend health care legislation to require that cost be included in the studies that the PCORI funds, writes Robert H. Brook.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2011/10/03/CSM.html Oct 3, 2011 Oct 3, 2011

The success of the Affordable Care Act to enroll those newly eligible in an appropriate insurance plan depends on clear communication to individuals who have limited health literacy, write Laurie T. Martin and Ruth M. Parker.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR979.html Sep 30, 2011 Sep 30, 2011

Under Medicare, many health care services can be provided in a range of ambulatory settings, but payment differentials exist for the facility-related components of care. Building on prior RAND analyses, this report presents options for modifying Medicare payment policies to improve the value of services and to address cost and payment differentials for similar services provided in various ambulatory settings.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP352.html Sep 13, 2011 Sep 13, 2011

The passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has piqued employers' interest in new benefit designs because it includes numerous provisions that favor cost-reducing strategies. This paper reviews consumer-controlled personal health management systems (HMSs) that provide health information management, promotion of wellness and healthy lifestyles, and decision support.