The Effect of Health Insurance Coverage Expansions on Auto Liability Claims and Costs 2017
Examines the effect of health insurance coverage expansions on auto liability claims and costs.
Publications on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
2017
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The Effects of Iowa's Proposed Stopgap Measure on Health Insurance Costs and Coverage 2017
This report uses RAND's COMPARE microsimulation model to estimate the effects of a 1332 waiver application from the state of Iowa. The waiver is designed to stabilize Iowa's Affordable Care Act individual market through a series of modifications. We estimate that the application would increase the federal deficit, but would decrease federal spending per enrollee on the ACA-compliant market.
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The Effects of the American Health Care Act on Health Insurance Coverage and Federal Spending in 2020 and 2026 2017
The authors analyzed a version of the American Health Care Act (AHCA), a bill proposed in the U.S. House of Representatives on March 6, 2017. The bill would have repealed and replaced many provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The authors used RAND's COMPARE microsimulation model to assess how the AHCA would affect such outcomes as health insurance enrollment, consumer out-of-pocket costs, and the federal deficit relative to the ACA.
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Examining the Implementation of the Medicaid Primary Care Payment Increase 2017
For the years 2013 and 2014, the Affordable Care Act authorized enhanced payments for qualifying providers of primary care services participating in the Medicaid program that would be funded entirely by federal dollars. RAND researchers conducted a nine-state independent case study into stakeholder experiences planning for, implementing, and evaluating the impact of the policy to inform the design of similar, future payment policies.
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Financing Health Care in Oregon: Four Policy Options 2017
This presentation describes four options for financing health care for residents of the state of Oregon and compares the projected impacts and feasibility of each option. The Single Payer option and the Health Care Ingenuity Plan would achieve universal coverage; the public option would add a state-sponsored plan to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace.
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How Might Veterans and the VA Health System Be Affected by Repeal of the Affordable Care Act? 2017
The American Health Care Act would increase uninsurance among veterans and demand for Department of Veterans Affairs care by a greater margin than simply returning to pre–Affordable Care Act levels of coverage.
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The Impact of Health Reform on Purchased Care Access: National Health Reform and Modernization of the Military Health System Study 2017
The authors estimated how an influx of newly insured patients through the Affordable Care Act's coverage expansion may change the way that civilian providers choose to interact with the TRICARE program. The report culminates in lists and maps of counties where civilian physicians are most likely to face financial incentives to substitute newly insured patients for current TRICARE patients.
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Impact of the Affordable Care Act's Dependent Coverage Expansion on the Health Care and Health Status of Young Adults: What Do We Know So Far 2017
Under the ACA's dependent coverage expansion, there has been an increase in behavioral health treatment and a decrease in high out-of-pocket expenses and ER visits among young adults.
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Options to Expand Health Insurance Enrollment in the Individual Market 2017
Policymakers have many options to expand coverage in the individual market. We considered federal investments that would enhance, extend, or increase the tax credits available to enrollees, as well as reinsurance approaches that would lower premiums.
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Oregon's Options to Overhaul Health Care Financing: Health Care Reform 2.0? 2017
This analysis of three options to reform health care payment in Oregon (two state-based plans that would ensure coverage for all state residents and a state-sponsored plan offered in Oregon's nongroup market) found benefits and trade-offs for each.
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Patient Perceptions of Integrated Care and Their Relationship to Utilization of Emergency, Inpatient and Outpatient Services 2017
Patients who perceive their care to be integrated make less use of both emergency department and outpatient care.
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Variation in Dermatologist Visits by Sociodemographic Characteristics 2017
Medicaid enrollees are less likely than those with private insurance to see a dermatologist or receive care for a skin condition, suggesting that efforts need to be made to increase access to skin specialists.
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Veterans' Health Insurance Coverage Under the Affordable Care Act and Implications of Repeal for the Department of Veterans Affairs 2017
This report describes the Affordable Care Act's (ACA's) effects on nonelderly veterans' insurance coverage and demand for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care and assesses the coverage and VA utilization changes that could result from repealing the ACA.
2016
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Assessing Policy Options for Subsidies to Improve the Affordable Care Act: One Approach Could Insure More People, Reduce Premiums, and Save $14 Billion per Year 2016
Of three alternatives examined for expanding health insurance and lowering premiums with no additional federal spending, extending the Affordable Care Act's subsidies to all consumers and placing a floor on subsidies had the greatest benefit.
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Assessing the Role of State and Local Public Health in Outreach and Enrollment for Expanded Coverage: A Case Study on Houston, Texas 2016
Part of a series highlighting innovative models and best practices for leveraging local health departments' involvement in Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act outreach and enrollment, this brief reports on a case study on Houston, Texas, that captures nuanced differences in how health departments support these efforts, identifies facilitators and barriers to these approaches, and develop lessons learned from these activities.
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Assessing the Role of State and Local Public Health in Outreach and Enrollment for Expanded Coverage: A Case Study on Tacoma–Pierce County, Washington 2016
Part of a series on innovative models and best practices for leveraging local health departments' involvement in Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act outreach and enrollment, this report describes a case study on Tacoma--Pierce County, Washington, that captures nuanced differences in how health departments support these efforts, identifies facilitators and barriers to these approaches, and develop lessons learned from these activities.
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Assessing the Role of State and Local Public Health in Outreach and Enrollment for Expanded Coverage: A Case Study on Boston and Massachusetts 2016
Part of a series highlighting innovative models and best practices for leveraging local health departments' involvement in Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act outreach and enrollment, this report describes a case study on Boston and Massachusetts that captures nuanced differences in how health departments support these efforts, identifies facilitators and barriers to these approaches, and develop lessons learned from these activities.
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Assessing the Role of State and Local Public Health in Outreach and Enrollment for Expanded Coverage: A Case Study on Eagle, Garfield, and Pitkin Counties, Colorado 2016
Part of a series highlighting innovative models and best practices for leveraging local health departments' involvement in Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act outreach and enrollment, this report is a case study on three Colorado counties that captures nuanced differences in how health departments support these efforts, identifies facilitators and barriers to these approaches, and develop lessons learned from these activities.
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Assessing the Role of State and Local Public Health in Outreach and Enrollment for Expanded Coverage: A Case Study on New Orleans, Louisiana 2016
Part of a series highlighting innovative models and best practices for leveraging local health departments' involvement in Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act outreach and enrollment, this report describes a case study on New Orleans, Louisiana, that captures nuanced differences in how health departments support these efforts, identifies facilitators and barriers to these approaches, and develop lessons learned from these activities.
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Assessing the Role of State and Local Public Health in Outreach and Enrollment for Expanded Coverage: A Case Study on Illinois 2016
Part of a series highlighting innovative models and best practices for leveraging local health departments' involvement in Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act outreach and enrollment, this brief reports on a case study on Illinois that captures nuanced differences in how health departments support these efforts, identifies facilitators and barriers to these approaches, and develop lessons learned from these activities.