Health Action 2006 Tool Kit: Access and the Uninsured

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• General
• Expanding Coverage
• The Wrong Direction

General

Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2004 (U.S. Census Bureau)

Why Insurance Matters (Families USA)

The Uninsured and Their Access to Health Care (Kaiser Family Foundation)

Paying a Premium: The Added Cost of Care for the Uninsured (Families USA)

Covering the Uninsured—Growing Need, Strained Resources (Kaiser Family Foundation)

Myths about the Uninsured (Kaiser Family Foundation)

Uninsured Unchanged in 2004, but Employment-Based Health Coverage Declined (Employee Benefits Research Institute)

Abstract of “The Moral Hazard” (The New Yorker)

Going Without: America's Uninsured Children (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)

Public Coverage Provides Vital Safety Net for Children with Special Health Care Needs (Center for Studying Health System Change)

Insured but Not Protected: How Many Adults Are Underinsured? (The Commonwealth Fund)

Nonstandard Jobs, Substandard Benefits (The Iowa Policy Project)

Unequal Access: Insurance Instability among Low-Income Workers and Minorities (The Commonwealth Fund)

Time Line for Continuing Health Coverage under COBRA (Employee Benefits Research Institute)

Seeing Red: Americans Driven into Debt by Medical Bills (The Commonwealth Fund)

State Legislative Health Care and Insurance Issues (BlueCross BlueShield Association)

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Expanding Coverage

Ideas that Work: Introduction and Decision Guide (Families USA)

Limited Take-Up of Health Coverage Tax Credits: A Challenge to Future Tax Credit Design (The Commonwealth Fund)

Health Insurance Coverage for Small Employers (National Health Policy Forum)

A Success Story: Closing the Insurance Gap for America's Children through Medicaid and SCHIP (Georgetown University Health Policy Institute, Center for Children and Families)

Californians for Healthy Kids: Questions and Answers (100 Percent Campaign)

Health Insurance Coverage for All: A Goal within Reach (The California Endowment)

Health Coverage for All Kids in Illinois (Families USA)

Governor Blagojevich Speaks at National Press Club about Illinois’ Landmark All Kids Health Insurance Program (Office of Governor Blagojevich)

Health Access: Small Business Edition (Consumers for Affordable Health Care Foundation)

It’s Time to ACT! for Health Reform in Massachusetts! (Affordable Care Today)

ACT! Health Care Conference Recommendations (Affordable Care Today)

Join the MassACT! Campaign: A Ballot Initiative for Affordable Care Today (Affordable Care Today)

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The Wrong Direction

Stop Bad Ideas—AHPs: Bad Medicine for Small Employers (Families USA)

Stop Bad Ideas—HSAs: Missing the Target (Families USA)

Stop Bad Ideas—Too Little, Too Late: Why a $1,000 Tax Credit Won’t Help the Uninsured (Families USA)

How Will Association Health Plans Affect Minority Health? Separating Fact from Fiction (Families USA)

Association Health Plans: No Help for the Uninsured; Higher Premiums and Less Stable Health Coverage for Small Businesses and their Workers (Protect Your Health Care)

Association Health Plans: Loss of State Oversight Means Regulatory Vacuum (Georgetown University Health Policy Institute)

Association Health Plans: No State Regulation Means Loss of Protections for Consumers, Small Firms and Providers (BlueCross BlueShield Association)

Early Experience with High-Deductible and Consumer-Driven Health Plans: Findings from the EBRI/Commonwealth Fund Consumerism in Health Care Survey (Employee Benefit Research Institute)

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