Publications

Building a Sound Health Care Bill

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The best of the health reform proposals

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The excise tax shares flaws of the tax cap but with even worse results

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The latest proposal for taxing employer-provided health care benefits still ultimately shifts costs onto workers.

Rite of Passage? Why Young Adults Become Uninsured and How New Policies Can Help, 2009 Update

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Young adults ages 19 to 29 are one of the largest segments of the U.S. population without health insurance: 13.2 million, or 29 percent, lacked coverage in 2007. They often lose coverage at age 19 or upon high school or college graduation: nearly two of five (38%) high school graduates who do not enroll in college and one-third of college graduates are uninsured for a time during the first year after graduation. Twenty-six states have passed laws to expand coverage of dependents to young adults under parents' insurance policies. Congressional proposals to reform the health system could help uninsured young adults gain coverage and prevent others from losing it. This is the seventh edition of Rite of Passage, first published by The Commonwealth Fund in 2003.

Expanded subsidies are essential to health reform

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An essential component of the health care reform debate is providing affordable coverage, or subsidies, to those who cannot currently afford health insurance. Legislation in Congress would limit the maximum amount families under 400% of the federal poverty line could pay on insurance premiums, but some policy makers would like to reduce that eligibility for subsidies. Such reductions would force many middle-income families to spend substantial portions -- easily 15% to 20% -- of their household income on premiums. A new EPI Issue Brief shows how reducing these subsidies will affect families in each of the 50 states.

Employers and health reform summary

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Should I play or should I pay?

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The health care free ride

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Tri-Committee Bill Scores Big for Small Business

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Health Care Reform—Big Benefits for Small Businesses

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Early Childhood Lead Exposure: Benefits of Prevention Far Outweigh Costs of Abatement

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Will a “play-or-pay” policy for health care cause job losses?

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Capping the health insurance tax exclusion—The consequences vary greatly across states and regions

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How capping the tax exclusion may disproportionately burden children & families

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Medicare Privatization: A Cautionary Tale

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Why a public insurance plan is essential for health reform

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Not-so-easy money: Taxing health benefits comes with costs

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Who Loses if We Limit the Tax Exclusion for Health Insurance?

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