Health Policy

The growth in both the prevalence and spending on chronic diseases in the U.S. population has trigged an increased appreciation of the potential for preventive services as important strategies to delay or avoid the development of harmful and costly conditions.

ASPE Report The HHS Hubert H.

Por: Ashley Henderson, Wilma Robinson, y Kenneth Finegold, ASPE

This brief reviews the literature on the cost of contraceptive coverage in private and public health insurance programs.  This brief was written by John Bertko, F.S.A., M.A.A.A., Director of Special Initiatives and Pricing in the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Sherry Glied, Ph.D., Assistant

New results released September 21, 2011, by the National Center for Health Statistics show that the dependent-coverage provision of the Affordable Care Act has had a significant impact on improving insurance coverage among young adults.

A report to Congress on a study of the large group market for health insurance required by section 1254 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

  Policy Research for Front of Package Nutrition Labeling: Environmental Scan and Literature Review Final Report February 2011 Contract No. HHSP23320095651WC

This report examines trends in the provision of post-acute care to beneficiaries with diagnoses indicating a need for complex medical care for the years 1998-2006, with special attention to changes in care provided by long-term care hospitals and hospital-based skilled nursing facilities.