Health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act--a progress report.
- D. Blumenthal, S. Collins
- Medicine, Political ScienceNew England Journal of Medicine
- 16 July 2014
The authors estimate that so far 20 million Americans have gained coverage through one of these mechanisms that encourage health insurance coverage through federal and state exchanges, Medicaid expansion, and other regulations that expand coverage.
Covid-19 - Implications for the Health Care System.
- D. Blumenthal, E. Fowler, M. Abrams, S. Collins
- Medicine, Political ScienceNew England Journal of Medicine
- 22 July 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed and exacerbated weaknesses in the U.S. health care system and many patients are losing their health insurance when the pandemic ends, research suggests.
Affordable Care Act reforms could reduce the number of underinsured US adults by 70 percent.
- C. Schoen, M. Doty, R. Robertson, S. Collins
- Medicine, EconomicsHealth Affairs
- 1 September 2011
If reforms succeed in increasing the affordability of care for people in this income range, there could be a 70 percent drop in the number of underinsured people and a steep drop inThe number of uninsured people.
Insured but not protected: how many adults are underinsured?
- C. Schoen, M. Doty, S. Collins, Alyssa L. Holmgren
- Medicine, Political ScienceHealth Affairs
- 14 June 2005
This study estimates that nearly sixteen million people ages 19-64 were underinsured in 2003, and underinsured adults were more likely to forgo needed care than those with more adequate coverage and had rates of financial stress similar to those of the uninsured.
Rite of passage? Why young adults become uninsured and how new policies can help.
- S. Collins, C. Schoen, Katie Tenney, M. Doty, A. Ho
- MedicineIssue brief
- 2004
Three policy changes could extend coverage to uninsured young adults and prevent others from losing coverage: extending eligibility for dependents under private coverage through age 23; extending ineligible people's eligibility for Medicaid/CHIP public coverage to age23; and ensuring that colleges and universities require full-time and part-time students to have insurance.
Health and productivity among U.S. workers.
- K. Davis, S. Collins, M. Doty, A. Ho, Alyssa L. Holmgren
- MedicineIssue brief
- 1 August 2005
This analysis of Commonwealth Fund survey data estimates the economic impact of health problems on worker productivity and finds that workers without paid time off to see a physician are more likely to report missing work or being unable to concentrate at their job.
Rite of passage? Why young adults become uninsured and how new policies can help, 2009 update.
- J. Nicholson, S. Collins, Bisundev Mahato, E. Gould, C. Schoen, S. Rustgi
- Medicine, EducationIssue brief
- 1 August 2009
Congressional proposals to reform the health system could help uninsured young adults gain coverage and prevent others from losing it, according to Rite of Passage.
How many are underinsured? Trends among U.S. adults, 2003 and 2007.
- C. Schoen, S. Collins, J. Kriss, M. Doty
- Medicine, Political ScienceHealth Affairs
- 1 July 2008
With health insurance moving toward greater patient cost sharing, this study finds a sharp increase in the number of underinsured people, and the need for policy attention to benefit design, to assure care and affordability.
Rite of passage? Why young adults become uninsured and how new policies can help.
- S. Collins, C. Schoen, J. Kriss, M. Doty, Bisundev Mahato
- Medicine, EducationIssue brief
- 1 May 2005
Policy changes could further help uninsured young adults gain coverage and prevent others from losing it: extending eligibility for public insurance programs beyond age 18; extending dependents' eligibility for their parents' private coverage beyond age 16; and ensuring that colleges require full- and part-time students to have coverage, and that colleges offer coverage to them.
Gaining ground: Americans' health insurance coverage and access to care after the Affordable Care Act's first open enrollment period.
- S. Collins, P. Rasmussen, M. Doty
- Medicine, Political ScienceIssue brief
- 10 July 2014
In the wake of the Affordable Care Act's first open enrollment period, significantly fewer working-age adults are uninsured than just before the sign-up period began, and many have used their new coverage to obtain needed care.
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