Health Reform Resources

Analysis of Health System Reform Provisions of Reform Bills in the House of Representatives and Senate

This Commonwealth Fund outlines the payment and delivery system reform provisions in the bills, as well as their potential impact on health expenditures.

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Study: Congressional Budget Office Underestimates Savings from Health Reform

1/20/2010 1:18:00 PM - This study examines Congressional Budget Office scoring of three pieces of major health reform legislation enacted during each of the past three decades, and finds that, CBO, in all three cases, substantially underestimated savings from these reform measures.

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The Impact of the 2009 Congressional Health Reform Bills on Coverage, Affordability, and Costs

1/7/2010 4:58:00 PM - This Commonwealth Fund report analyzes the provisions of the health reform bills passed by the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate that seek to expand and improve health insurance coverage. Also see a a report on the system reform provisions in the bills and an overview report.

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How Medicare Can Lead Efforts to Reward Value, Not Volume

11/13/2009 2:11:00 PM - In this Commonwealth Fund issue brief, experts argue that the health care system as a whole would do well to emulate top-performing providers that embrace accountability for health care quality, outcomes, and cost. And they say the Medicare program—the nation's largest payer for health care—is the logical place to start.

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New State Health Care Scorecard: Sharp Differences in Access, Quality, Avoidable Hospitalizations, and Cost Across U.S.

10/8/2009 12:00:00 AM - The cost and quality of health care, as well as access to care and health outcomes, continue to vary widely among states, according to the Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System's second state scorecard report. The states that led in the first state scorecard, released in 2007, generally continued to lead, often setting new benchmarks and widening the gap between leading and lagging states.

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Health Reform in Massachusetts: Lessons for the Nation

It's been three years since Massachusetts implemented sweeping health reform. In this episode, Sandy Hausman looks at how satisfied consumers, employers, and physicians are with the new system. Key players also discuss how a good public education campaign and a general spirit of cooperation contributed to the program's success.

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