Health Coverage & the Uninsured: Reform Proposals

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Guide Provides Overview of Policy Approaches to Covering the Uninsured
This reference guide explains the key strategies for expanding affordable coverage to the nation's uninsured population and explains how approaches can be combined to form comprehensive reform proposals.

Brief Examines Medicare Buy-In Option To Help Uninsured Older Americans
As Congress prepares to debate major health reform legislation, some key legislators have proposed a Medicare buy-in for people ages 55 to 64. This policy brief profiles the 4 million uninsured individuals in that age range and how a Medicare buy-in could be structured.

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Health Reform Subsidy Calculator -- November 2009
This interactive tool illustrates the premiums and subsidies for those who purchase coverage on their own through an exchange or gateway because they don’t get health insurance through their employers, Medicare or Medicaid, as provided under the key Congressional reform plans.

Access to Abortion Coverage and Health Reform -- November 2009
This issue brief discusses the treatment of coverage for abortion services under the major health reform bills and explores the possible impact of the House-passed legislation on public and private coverage for abortion services.

Health Reform and Communities of Color: How might it Affect Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities? -- November 2009
This issue brief examines some of the key provisions of health reform legislation that are likely to have a significant impact on people of color and also highlights the specific provisions that focus on health disparities.

The Role of Health Coverage for Communities of Color -- November 2009
This brief examines variations in health coverage by race and ethnicity and explores the role coverage plays in improving access to health care services for communities of color.

Snapshots: Wages & Benefits: A Long-Term View -- November 2009
This new analysis examines changes in wages and benefits since the 1960s, and how these break down over time for employers and individuals. It finds that working families may feel the impact of rising health care costs by seeing smaller increases in their paychecks. This snapshot is part of the Foundation’s online series, Snapshots: Health Care Costs.

Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program Provisions in the House Leadership Bill: Affordable Health Care for America Act (HR 3962) -- November 2009
This brief compares the Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program provisions in the House Leadership health reform bill, H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act, to current law.

Side-by-Side Comparison of Major Health Care Reform Proposals -- November 2009
This interactive side-by-side compares the leading comprehensive health reform proposals across a number of key characteristics and plan components. Proposals for moving toward universal coverage that have been put forward by the president and members of congress are included.

Kaiser Health Tracking Poll—October 2009 -- October 2009
The October Kaiser Health Tracking Poll finds public support for health reform unchanged since last month, with more in favor than opposed.
Survey also shows about half of the public believes that if reform passes, help for the uninsured and changes in insurance market rules would arrive within the first year, years ahead of the timetables contemplated in the legislation.

Medicare Savings in Perspective: A Comparison of 2009 Health Reform Legislation and Other Laws in the Last 15 Years -- October 2009
The policy brief examines the changes in Medicare spending included in the health reform proposals under consideration in the House and Senate with earlier laws enacted over the past 15 years, providing context for the scope of the changes.

Glossary of Key Terms in Health Reform -- October 2009
This glossary is intended to serve as a resource for understanding the concepts included in health reform proposals. It provides simple and straightforward definitions of key terms that will likely be part of the health reform debate.

This interactive tool illustrates the premiums and subsidies for those who purchase coverage on their own through an exchange or gateway because they don’t get health insurance through their employers, Medicare or Medicaid, as provided under the key Congressional reform plans.

This issue brief discusses the treatment of coverage for abortion services under the major health reform bills and explores the possible impact of the House-passed legislation on public and private coverage for abortion services.

This issue brief examines some of the key provisions of health reform legislation that are likely to have a significant impact on people of color and also highlights the specific provisions that focus on health disparities.

This brief examines variations in health coverage by race and ethnicity and explores the role coverage plays in improving access to health care services for communities of color.

This new analysis examines changes in wages and benefits since the 1960s, and how these break down over time for employers and individuals. It finds that working families may feel the impact of rising health care costs by seeing smaller increases in their paychecks. This snapshot is part of the Foundation’s online series, Snapshots: Health Care Costs.

This brief compares the Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program provisions in the House Leadership health reform bill, H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act, to current law.

This interactive side-by-side compares the leading comprehensive health reform proposals across a number of key characteristics and plan components. Proposals for moving toward universal coverage that have been put forward by the president and members of congress are included.

The October Kaiser Health Tracking Poll finds public support for health reform unchanged since last month, with more in favor than opposed.
Survey also shows about half of the public believes that if reform passes, help for the uninsured and changes in insurance market rules would arrive within the first year, years ahead of the timetables contemplated in the legislation.

The policy brief examines the changes in Medicare spending included in the health reform proposals under consideration in the House and Senate with earlier laws enacted over the past 15 years, providing context for the scope of the changes.

This glossary is intended to serve as a resource for understanding the concepts included in health reform proposals. It provides simple and straightforward definitions of key terms that will likely be part of the health reform debate.

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Heath Coverage & the Uninsured: Reform Proposals

Many of the more recent legislative proposals for expanding health insurance coverage to more Americans have an important common element: government-funded subsides for health insurance for low and modest income people. The proposals however differ significantly in the method used to provide these subsidies – specifically, reliance on tax policies to purchase private insurance vs. expansion of existing public insurance programs.