Health Action 2007 Tool Kit: Access and the Uninsured

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• General

• Expanding Coverage: State Initiatives

General

 

Chapter 1: The Uninsured (Alliance for Health Reform)

 

Myths about the Uninsured (Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured)

 

Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2005 (U.S. Census Bureau)

 

Why Do People Lack Health Insurance? (Urban Institute)

 

Covering the Uninsured—Growing Need, Strained Resources (Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured)

 

What Happens When Public Coverage Is No Longer Available? (Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured)

 

Rite of Passage? Why Young Adults Become Uninsured and How New Policies Can Help (The Commonwealth Fund)

 

healthinsuranceinfo.net (Georgetown University Health Policy Institute)

 

MarketWatch: Illness and Injury as Contributors to Bankruptcy (Health Affairs)           

 

High-Risk Health Insurance Pools (Families USA)

 

Reinsurance: How States Can Make Health Coverage More Affordable for Employers and Workers (The Commonwealth Fund)

 

 

Expanding Coverage: State Initiatives

 

Making History: Maryland’s Fair Share Health Care Law (Families USA)         

 

Employers Should Pay Their Fair Share for Health Care (Families USA)

 

Massachusetts's Health Care Reform Law (Affordable Care Today)

 

Massachusetts Health Reform Implementation Update (Health Care for All) (No link available)

 

2006-2007 Health Insurance Income Guidelines (Health Care for All)

 

Truly Affordable: Principles of Fairness for the Implementation of the Individual Health Insurance Mandate (Affordable Care Today)

 

Vermont’s Health Reform Laws (Families USA)

 

Illinois’ All Kids: A Step in the Right Direction (Families USA)

 

Raising Our Voices for Health Care Justice: Testimony of Illinois Residents at the Health Care Justice Act Public Hearings (Campaign for Better Health Care) (No link available)

 

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