Affordability

The report outlines both the potential benefits of BHP and possible pitfalls—it is a must-read for states considering a BHP.

The KFF report outlines how advanced payment for health insurance subsidies will work under the ACA and examines issues related to potential tax liability for individuals whose income might change during the year.

A Kaiser Family Foundation analysis on the potential costs and savings that the ACA could generate for state budgets that are currently in a shortfall after the recession.

Capital District Physicians' Health Plan, located in upstate New York, introdiced a risk-adjusted capitated payment model in three pilot provider practices to establish patient-centered medical homes.

Martin's Point Health Care is improving patient care for those with chronic diseases by reorganizing practices into patient-centered "care teams."

Bellin Health takes a "life-and-health cycle" approach that stresses prevention and minimizing the liklihood that patients who use the system will ever need costly acute, inpatient care.

The Vermont Blueprint for Health is a statewide public-private initiative aimed at transforming health care delivery, improving health outcomes, and enabling the citizens of Vermont to recieve seemless, coordinated care.

According to a new analysis by the Department of Health and Human Services, 50 to 129 million (19 to 50 percent of) non-elderly Americans have some type of pre-existing health condition.

The number of nonelderly uninsured grew to 50.0 million due to the recent recession, which contributed to the continued erosion of job-based coverage.  As incomes dropped more qualified for Medicaid, buffering the loss of health insurance for millions.