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How to Prevent Health Insurance Loss During Future Recessions

Nov 12, 2021

The pandemic–related recession and job loss raised concerns that millions of Americans would lose their health insurance. But temporary aid to protect coverage prevented that from happening. Making the enhanced marketplace tax credits in the American Rescue Plan permanent could keep coverage stable in future recessions.
Research Brief

How to Transform Mental Health Care in the United States

Jan 11, 2021

With scientific advances, Medicaid expansion, and political consensus on the importance of improving mental health, the time is ripe for transforming the U.S. mental health system. This will mean structural reforms that address patients' challenges in finding, accessing, and receiving high-quality and timely care.

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News Release

No Widespread Increase in Cost of Individual Health Insurance Policies Under Affordable Care Act

An analysis of 10 states and the United States overall predicts that there will be no widespread premium increase in the individual health insurance market under the ACA. However, the cost of policies will vary among states and will be influenced by individual factors such as a person's age and whether they smoke.

Aug 29, 2013
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No Widespread Increase in Cost of Individual Health Insurance Policies Under Affordable Care Act

An analysis of 10 states and the United States overall predicts that there will be no widespread premium increase in the individual health insurance market under the ACA. However, the cost of policies will vary among states and will be influenced by individual factors such as a person's age and whether they smoke.

Aug 29, 2013
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CMS Innovation Center Health Care Innovation Awards

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has funded 108 Health Care Innovation Awards through the Affordable Care Act. Award recipients are those who propose compelling new models of service delivery or payment improvements that promise to deliver better health, better health care, and lower costs through improved quality of care for Medicare, Medicaid, and Children's Health Insurance Program enrollees.

Aug 15, 2013
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The Math of State Medicaid Expansion

Mathematician Carter Price discusses the potential impacts to low-income populations and local economies in states that choose not to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.

Jul 1, 2013
Brochure

Evaluating Medicare Demonstration Projects

RAND works closely with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to design, test, implement, and evaluate demonstration projects that span a wide range of care settings and issues.

Jun 26, 2013
Brochure

Helping Decisionmakers Implement the ACA's Medicaid Provisions

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) contains many Medicaid-related provisions. RAND is working closely with decisionmakers at the federal and state levels to help resolve challenges associated with implementing the ACA's sweeping reforms.

Jun 26, 2013
Brochure

Measuring the Quality of Health Care

RAND is engaged in developing and supporting the use of quality measures by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Jun 26, 2013
Report

Revenue, Spending Reductions Will Offset Costs of Expanding Medicaid in PA

While the expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act will require additional spending by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, these costs will be more than offset by additional revenue or reductions in other spending in the 2014-2020 timeframe.

Jun 24, 2013
Testimony

Expanding Medicaid Is the Best Financial Option for States

States that choose not to expand Medicaid under federal health care reform will leave millions of their residents without health insurance and increase spending, at least in the short term, on the cost of treating uninsured residents.

Jun 12, 2013
Research Brief

The Math of State Medicaid Expansion

RAND researchers have analyzed how opting out of Medicaid expansion would affect insurance coverage and spending and whether alternative policy options—such as partial Medicaid expansion—could cover as many people at lower costs to states.

Jun 7, 2013
News Release

Expanding Medicaid Is Best Financial Option for States

States that choose not to expand Medicaid under federal health care reform will leave millions of their residents without health insurance and increase spending on the cost of treating uninsured residents, at least in the short term.

Jun 3, 2013
Journal Article

Expanding Medicaid Is Best Financial Option for States

States that choose not to expand Medicaid under federal health care reform will leave millions of their residents without health insurance and increase spending on the cost of treating uninsured residents, at least in the short term.

Jun 1, 2013
Commentary

Applying What Works to Reduce Non-Urgent Emergency Department Use

It is likely that communities with low rates of non-urgent ED use not only have better access to primary care, but patients who are educated about appropriate care seeking and convenient alternatives for acute care, writes Lori Uscher-Pines.

May 22, 2013
Journal Article

The Oregon Experiment—effects of Medicaid on Clinical 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.

May 1, 2013
Commentary

Governors Missing the Point on Medicaid

While a governor or legislator may disagree with Medicaid expansion for philosophical reasons, the claims that the expansion will be a burden on states' economies seem misguided given the full range of projected economic impacts on the states, writes Carter C. Price.

Apr 29, 2013
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Oral Health: Parental and Provider Perspectives

Oral health is important to children’s overall health and well-being. However, access to care can be a challenge for parents seeking oral health services for children who are Medicaid beneficiaries. Also, providers have noted a general unawareness among parents about the importance of preventive oral health care.

Apr 26, 2013
News Release

Expanding Medicaid in Pennsylvania Would Sharply Increase Federal Revenue to State

Expanding Medicaid in Pennsylvania under the Affordable Care Act would boost federal revenue to the state by more than $2 billion annually and provide 340,000 residents with health insurance.

Mar 28, 2013
Report

The Economic Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Pennsylvania

If Pennsylvania opts into Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act, more residents would have health coverage and the state would enjoy a positive economic effect. However, benefits would have a long-term cost, with uneven regional results.

Mar 28, 2013
Blog

Modeling the Effects of the Affordable Care Act in Arkansas

The Medicaid expansion under the ACA will result in about 400,000 people newly insured in Arkansas by 2016. Of these, about 190,000 would be newly enrolled in Medicaid and the rest would be newly insured through the new insurance exchanges. The state is likely to save about $67 million for reduced uncompensated care costs for the uninsured.

Jan 7, 2013
Report

The Economic Impact of the ACA on Arkansas

For Arkansas, the Affordable Care Act will result in an increase in GDP of around $550 million and the creation of about 6,200 jobs. The new law will also increase health insurance coverage by 400,000 newly insured individuals.

Jan 3, 2013

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