The Health Insurance Experiment: A Classic RAND Study Speaks to the Current Health Care Reform Debate

2006 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Health Care Reform ◽  
Current Health ◽  
Reform Debate

Diabetes, Health Insurance, and Health-Care Reform

Diabetes Care ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 611-613 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. H. Herman ◽  
E. J. Dasbach
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Health Care Reform

Holes in the Health Insurance System-Who Lacks Coverage and Why

2004 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 390-396 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Hoffman ◽  
Diane Rowland ◽  
Alicia L. Carbaugh
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Insurance Coverage ◽  
Health Insurance Coverage ◽  
Health Insurance System ◽  
Major Health ◽  
Insurance System ◽  
Current Health ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Care Costs

Lack of health insurance coverage is a large and growing problem for millions of American families. Rising health care costs and economic insecurity continue to threaten the bedrock of the health insurance system - employer-sponsored coverage - while states’ fiscal situations and the escalating federal deficit complicate any efforts at reform. Providing health insurance coverage to the millions of uninsured remains a major health care challenge for the nation and understanding the current health insurance environment, who the uninsured are, and why they are uninsured is critical when considering health care reform. This paper aims to define the problem of the uninsured, providing an overview of the uninsured in America and the roles and limits of private and public insurance. Following this discussion, the paper describes the current health insurance environment and examines the prospects for improving coverage.

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