State and Federal Approaches to Health Reform: What Works for the Working Poor?

A federal/state partnership for health system reform.

In view of the continued lack of consensus regarding health system reform, a new approach is needed to the pluralism that characterizes the U.S. political scene. A two-step strategy can help to break the deadlock around health care financing and provision: a framework around which to shape federal/state responsibility for health care and a process to ensure that policy is translated into action...

What Works: Serving the Poor, Profitably

Approaches for improving service delivery in the non state sector : what is the evidence on what works , where and why ?

Repealing Federal Health Reform: Economic and Employment Consequences for States.

Issue: The incoming Trump administration and Republicans in Congress are seeking to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), likely beginning with the law’s insurance premium tax credits and expansion of Medicaid eligibility. Research shows that the loss of these two provisions would lead to a doubling of the number of uninsured, higher uncompensated care costs for providers, and higher taxes for ...

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