Healthcare Coverage & Access

By: John L. Czajka and James Mabli Mathematica Policy Research

This paper examines consumer health needs that can be addressed through using health information technology, how consumers are using existing health information technology resources, differences in use by demographic group, what is necessary to expand its use, and related policy areas. [PDF - 49 pages]

The study provides public programs, employers and private insurers with effective best practices used in Medicare, Medicaid, SCHIP, and the private insurance market to improve participation in health insurance coverage.

In June 2008, HHS commissioned this white paper to overview the current status of payor systems for coverage and reimbursement of complex molecular

The President has proposed, and at least one bill has been introduced in Congress, to change federal law that prevents health insurance from being offered nationally as opposed to in only state-specific markets.

With 45.7 million uninsured American in 2007, up from 38.4 million in 2000 (U.S. Census Bureau, 2008), health care reform is taking center stage as one of the top priorities for governors, state legislatures, and Congress.

Although the vast majority of privately insured people in the U.S. obtain their coverage in the employment-based group market, about 17 million people under age 65 were insured in the individual health insurance market in 2006. About 47 million people, or 16% of the total U.S. population, were without health insurance coverage in 2006.