How the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania May Fare Under the Affordable Care Act 2014
This infographic presents findings from a RAND analysis of the economic and other effects of Medicaid expansion on the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
This infographic presents findings from a RAND analysis of the economic and other effects of Medicaid expansion on the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
This infographic presents findings from a RAND analysis of the economic and other effects of the Affordable Care Act on the state of Arkansas.
The Affordable Care Act is a substantial reform of the U.S. health care insurance system. Using the RAND COMPARE model, researchers assessed the act's potential economic effects on Pennsylvania, factoring in an optional expansion of Medicaid, and found the state would enjoy significant net benefits, including a growth of $3 billion in the state's GDP annually and more than 35,000 jobs.
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) will increase coverage through the expansion of Medicaid and the creation of a Health Insurance Exchange with subsidies. RAND researchers analyzed the ACA’s economic impact on the state of Arkansas and found that by 2016, about 400,000 people will be newly insured, net federal payments to the state will amount to $430 million annually, and the total gross domestic product will see a net increase of $550 million.
This study examines the likely effects of the Affordable Care Act on average annual consumer health care spending and the risk of catastrophic medical costs. The analysis also considers how the decision to expand Medicaid would affect average annual consumer health spending and the risk of catastrophic medical costs for low-income individuals in two large states: Texas and Florida.
Testimony presented before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Health on February 14, 2013.
Examines the level and distribution of consumers' financial literacy across income groups, using 2012 data collected in the RAND American Life Panel.
RAND is working closely with decisionmakers at the federal and state levels to resolve many of the pressing program design and policy coordination challenges associated with implementing Medicaid-related provisions of the Affordable Care Act.
Explores the effects of employer-provided health insurance on labor market outcomes.
Despite the imminent expansion of Medicaid coverage for low-income adults, the effects of expanding coverage are unclear. The 2008 Medicaid expansion in Oregon based on lottery drawings from a waiting list provided an opportunity to evaluate these effects.
The cover story advocates for binational U.S. and Mexican immigration and labor reforms, while two feature stories explore ramifications of the Affordable Care Act and of British, French, and German defense policies in the face of austerity. An infographic details the cost-effectiveness of correctional education programs, while the Publisher's Page outlines ways to eliminate the kindergarten "readiness gap."
Multistate plans (MSPs) provide an attractive alternative among the health insurance plans established by the Affordable Care Act because they will have to be offered in multiple states. In this study, the authors' objectives were to identify and characterize population groups that would likely be interested in enrolling in MSPs and to develop a methodology to project participation and estimate premiums for these plans.
We identify enduring gaps in P4P literature as it relates to Medicare's plans for Value-Based Purchasing and discuss important issues in the future of these implementations in Medicare.
For most lower-income people who obtain coverage as a result of the Affordable Care Act, health care spending will fall. But spending by some newly insured higher-income people will increase because they will be now paying insurance premiums.
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) established nationwide eligibility for young adults 19 to 25 years of age to retain coverage under their parents' private health plans. We conducted a study to determine how the implementation of this provision changed rates of insurance coverage for young adults seeking medical care for major emergencies.
This analysis used a RAND microsimulation model to predict the effects of a possible Supreme Court decision invalidating the individual mandate provision in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 while keeping the other parts of the law intact. The authors predict the effects of such a decision on health insurance coverage overall and for subgroups based on income.
Enrollment is increasing in consumer-directed health insurance plans, which feature high deductibles and a personal health care savings account.
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.
ACA-mandated payment reforms need to achieve more than a one-time cost saving.
If half of Americans with employer-sponsored insurance switched from a traditional health plan to a consumer-directed health plan, annual health care costs would fall by an estimated $57 billion.