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Assessing Underlying State Conditions and Ramp-Up Challenges for the COVID-19 Response

Assessing Underlying State Conditions and Ramp-Up Challenges for the COVID-19 Response

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High Stakes: America’s Journey to the Affordable Care Act

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Private Health Insurance Coverage in the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

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Medicaid and the Coronavirus: Putting the Nation’s Largest Health Care First Responder to Work

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Health Care Coverage and Access

The gains in health care coverage and access to care made under the Affordable Care Act have fundamentally changed the health insurance system. But reaching the millions of adults who are still without coverage is one big remaining challenge. Another is ensuring that those who are insured can afford their health plans and their health care.

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Sara Collins

Sara R. Collins

Vice President, Health Care Coverage and Access
Gabriella Aboulafia

Gabriella N. Aboulafia

Program Assistant, Health Care Coverage and Access
Jesse Baumgartner

Jesse C. Baumgartner

Research Associate, Health Care Coverage and Access & Tracking Health System Performance
Michelle M. Doty

Michelle M. Doty

Vice President, Organizational Effectiveness, Survey Research and Evaluation
Munira Z. Gunja

Munira Z. Gunja

Senior Researcher, Health Care Coverage and Access
David Radley

David C. Radley

Senior Scientist, Tracking Health System Performance
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Assessing Underlying State Conditions and Ramp-Up Challenges for the COVID-19 Response


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