This section features reports and issue briefs that explore what states have already done to expand coverage to more of their residents. These state efforts offer examples of what works and what doesn't.
Illinois
Illinois Covered Proposal examines the state's most recent coverage expansion effort, which focuses on adults between the ages of 19 and 64. (May 2007)
Maine
Maine's Dirigo Health Reform of 2003 is a thorough examination of the state's health care expansion. It discusses program eligibility, how much people pay for the different types of coverage, what benefits they receive, how the expansion is financed, how it reforms the state's insurance regulations, lessons learned so far, and the future of health reform in Maine. (November 2007)
Maryland
Healthy Maryland: A Building Block for Maryland's Economy examines the Healthy Maryland Initiative, which will boost the state's economy and extend coverage to more than 100,000 Marylanders who are currently uninsured. (October 2007)
Massachusetts
Confronting Disparities while Reforming Health Care: A Look at Massachusetts examines how state advocates were able to build on expansion efforts and address the host of issues that affect disparities in health and health care. Includes an extensive discussion of lessons that can be learned from the Massachusetts experience. (Updated January 2008)
Massachusetts Health Reform of 2006 is a thorough examination of the state's far-reaching expansion in health coverage including who is eligible, how much enrollees pay for the different types of coverage available, what benefits they receive, who is providing coverage, the individual mandate, how the reform is being financed, and lessons learned from state advocates. (August 2007)
New Jersey
New Jersey's Path Toward Universal Coverage analyzes the state's blueprint for providing health coverage to all of its uninsured residents. (May 2007)
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania's 2007 Health Care Proposal: Prescription for Pennsylvania examines the governor's plan for comprehensive health reform. This report looks at who is eligible for new coverage, how much they'll pay, what benefits they'll get, and how the state will finance the expansion. It also discusses strengths of the plan, as well as areas of concern. (July 2007)
Wisconsin
Healthy Wisconsin: Good Medicine for Wisconsin's Economy analyzes the economic benefits that will accrue to the state if it enacts the "Healthy Wisconsin" proposal, now pending in the legislature. Building on the proposed expansion of BadgerCare Plus, Healthy Wisconsin is designed to provide health coverage to everyone in the state. (July 2007)
Wisconsin's 2007 Health Care Proposal: BadgerCare Plus is a thorough examination of the BadgerCare Plus proposal to expand health coverage. The report discusses who would be eligible, how much enrollees would pay, what benefits enrollees would receive, and how the expansion would be financed. (July 2007)
Multiple States
A Pound of Flesh: Hospital Billing, Debt Collection, and Patients' Rights provides an overview of some of the progressive reform measures that state policymakers have implemented to help families struggling with medical debt. (March 2007)
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