http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/106xx/doc10691/hr3962SubsidiesRangelLtr.pdf
Another working document related to health reform legislation. This one discusses the subsidies that enrollees would receive for premiums and cost sharing and fees they would have to pay if they purchased a low cost plan from the proposed insurance exchanges. From the Congressional Budget Office.
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/106xx/doc10688/hr3962Rangel.pdf
Estimates that enacting the proposed health care bill (HR 3962) would result in a net reduction in federal budget deficits of $104 billion over the 2010-2019 period. From the Congressional Budget Office.
http://www.healthreform.gov/reports/smallbusiness2/index.html
Discusses the way in which proposed health insurance exchanges would provide advantages for small businesses and their employees in purchase of health insurance. From Health Reform.gov
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/106xx/doc10689/hr3962ClarifyMeasuresBaucusLtr.pdf
Discusses the measures used to analyze the effect on federal budgets and on federal spending for health care of current legislative proposals for health care reform. From the Congressional Budget Office.
http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_files/publications/st267/stat267.pdf
Reports that the number of non-elderly individuals with private group (employer provided) health insurance rose from 135 million to 146 million but that the number of non-elderly individuals with private non-group health insurance fell from 9 million to 6.6 million between 1996 and 2007. . From the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb81.pdf
Reports that the number of uninsured hospital stays during the ten year period of study increased by 31%, while the overall number of hospital stays increased only 13%. Also provides information about the cost and reasons for uninsured stays. From the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
http://www.oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-01-08-00280.pdf
Provides information about appeals made by beneficiaries in Medicare Advantage health plans. Reports that MAOs make the vast majority of organization determinations in favor of beneficiaries but that fewer than 1 in 10 adverse determinations were appealed. From the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services.
http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_files/publications/st266/stat266.pdf
Discusses both changes in health insurance offers by private sector employers and changes in enrollment by their employees from 1998 to 2008. Reports that the percentage of eligible employees who chose to enroll in health insurance plans fell from 85.3% in 1998 to 78.7% in 2008. From the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_files/publications/st265/stat265.pdf
Describes trends in access to health care over a ten year period for those in poverty or without health insurance. Reports that the percentage of the population with a usual source of medical care slipped from 82% in 1996 to 80% in 2006 and that the decline was concentrated among those without health insurance. From the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/106xx/doc10641/10-09-Tort_Reform.pdf
Attempts to estimate medical cost savings based on both lowered medical malpractice insurance premiums and reduced use of diagnostic tests and other forms of defensive health care to avoid potential exposure to lawsuits. Estimates that about $11 billion in medical costs in 2009 might have been saved if tort reform proposals like those in the illustration had been enacted. From the Congressional Budget Office.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhis/earlyrelease/insur200909.pdf
Reports that 44.9 million persons of all ages or 14.9% were uninsured during January-March 2009. Also reports that 57 million persons or 19% had been uninsured for at least part of the year prior to the survey. Provides statistics on lack of insurance coverage by demographic and economic characteristics. From the National Center for Health Statistics.
