State High Risk Pools: A Low-Cost Solution to Access to Coverage
December 2009
Makes that case that high risk pools should be a permanent solution to covering those with pre-existing conditions.
Access to Coverage: Building on Current Protections
September 2009
Explains how to use already existing reforms as a foundation for expanding coverage in a cost conscious way.
Only Consumers Can Bend the Cost Curve
August 2009
Discusses how consumer drive health care is the best way to lower costs.
Health Insurance Mandate Benefit Definitions, 2009
Health Insurance Mandates in the States, 2009
May 2009
A detailed tracking of health insurance benefit, provider, and covered person mandates passed by the state legislatures.
Health Savings Accounts and Preventive Care
April 2009
Addresses concerns about preventive care and HSAs and why such concerns are unfounded.
The Growing Trend Toward Mandating Autism Coverage
March 2009
Explains the complexities of autism and why health insurance may not be the best tool to treat it.
2009 State Legislators' Guide to Health Insurance Solutions
January 2009
A practical guide for state legislators that explains measures that can help a create a vibrant state health insurance market.
Should the Government Force You to Buy Health Insurance?
January 2009
Details why mandating that everyone buy health insurance is not the best way to bring down the number of uninsured.
2008 Voters' Guide
October 2008
A breakdown of how members of congress voted on making affordable health insurance available.
Understanding Health Insurance Rescissions
September 2008
Explains what health insurance rescissions are and how they are processed.
Answering Your Questions About Health Savings Accounts
August 2008
Answers the most frequently asked questions about HSAs.
HSAs, FSAs, HRAs: Which Consumer Driven Health Care Option Should You Choose?
August 2008
An update for 2008.
Obama vs. McCain: Competing Health Care Visions
August 2008
Details and compares the health policy proposals of presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain.
Benefiting Cities: How Cafeteria Plans Enhance City Benefits while Saving Taxpayer Money!
July 2008
Explains the benefits to both employers and employees to using Section 125 plans.
America's Affordable Health Reform Plan
July 2008
2008 Presidential Candidates on Health Care Reform
June 2008
Summarizes in detail the proposals of the 2008 presidential candidates. It is updated as of June 4.
Mandated Benefit Definition Memo
May 2008
Corresponds with our mandate study publication to explain what each mandate actually means.
The Basics of Health Insurance
May 2008
Explains some of the most frequently asked questions about health insurance plans.
Trends & Ends in State Mandated Benefits, 2008
May 2008
Details the most common proposed and enacted mandates from the past year.
How High Loss Ratios Undermine Affordable Health Insurance - Updated March 2008
March 2008
Explains how high loss ratios imposed on health insurance carriers hinders access to affordable policies.
Health Insurance Mandates in the States, 2008
February 2008
An update of our annual publication that lists coverage mandates from each state.
CAHI Short Cuts: Community Rating
February 2008
A summary of our longer paper on why community rating puts health insurance out of reach for a signicant portion of the uninsured.
2008 Presidential Candidates At-A-Glance
January 2008
Compares the presidential candidates proposals side by side.
2008 State Legislators Guide
January 2008
What can states do to re-invigorate their health insurance markets? Our guide for legislators provides some practical solutions.
Short Cuts: Guaranteed Issue
October 2007
A one page summary of why gauranteed issue leads to higher premiums.
Small Steps to Big Reform
August 2007
A list of practical reforms that will yield big results.
Medicare's Financial Challenges
July 2007
A study by concerned actuaries that details the fiscal troubles that the medicare program will face in the future.
Controlling the High Cost of Health Care: The Role of Reinsurance Medical Risk Management
July 2007
Explains the role the health reinsurance industry in managing catastrophic cases and reducing cost.
The Health Care Freedom Coaltion
July 2007
A new coalition, of which CAHI is a partner, that sets out of preserve basic free market principles and consumer choice in health care reform.
The Myth of the Underinsured Crisis
July 2007
Discusses how out of pocket costs have actually decreased in recent years.
America's Affordable Health Reform Plan
Principles of SCHIP Reform
June 2007
Lists various intiatives that can be implemented to reform the State Children's Health Insurance Program
Conventional Wisdom in Health Care Reform: And Why Most of it is Wrong
May 2007
What are some common misconceptions about health care reform? This paper sets the record straight.
Trends and Ends, HSA State Implementation Report
March 2007
The Council for Affordable Health Insurance has released a Trends and Ends paper detailing state legislation pertaining to Health Savings Accounts.
Health Insurance Mandates in the States for 2007
March 2007
State mandates are raising the cost of health insurance. While there were only a handful of mandates in the 60s, there are now over 1,900.
Understanding the Uninsured
March 2007
Who are the uninsured? The Council for Affordable Health Insurance has released its new publication explaining that the uninsured population is not monolithic and has different solutions for different groups of people.
Reinsurance vs. Federal Government
February 2007
CAHI Federal Affairs Director Angela Hunter explains that the reinsurance industry performs a wide range of functions that keep health care costs down.
What Everyone Should Know About Reinsurance
February 2007
CAHI Executive Director Merrill Matthews and Re-Solutions Intermediaries Vice President Robert Anderson answer frequently asked questions about health reinsurance.
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