The health insurance provisions of the 2009 Congressional health reform bills: implications for coverage, affordability, and costs

The health insurance provisions of the 2009 Congressional health reform bills: implications for coverage, affordability, and costs

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Contributor(s):
Collins, Sara R.
Davis, Karen.
Nicholson, Jennifer L.
Rustgi, Sheila D.
Nuzum, Rachel.
Commonwealth Fund.
Publication:
New York, NY : Commonwealth Fund, [2010]
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Health Care Reform -- economics
Health Care Reform -- legislation & jurisprudence
Health Policy -- economics
Health Policy -- legislation & jurisprudence
Insurance Coverage -- economics
Insurance Coverage -- legislation & jurisprudence
Insurance, Health -- economics
Insurance, Health -- legislation & jurisprudence
Fees and Charges -- legislation & jurisprudence
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
This report analyzes the provisions of the health reform bills passed by the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate that seek to expand and improve health insurance coverage. It focuses on: the number of people who would likely gain coverage; under which program or plan they would be covered, and the consequences for federal financing; the estimated insurance premium and out-of-pocket costs for families; the consequences for employers; and the degree to which the reorganization and regulation of insurance markets has the potential to stimulate price competition and lower costs. (A companion Commonwealth Fund report analyzes the bills' implications for health system reform.) Although there are some key differences between the bills' approaches, both would significantly reform health insurance, providing coverage to more than 30 million uninsured Americans and substantially improving the affordability of coverage for small businesses and for people who now buy insurance on their own.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
101529535 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101529535