The 2012 Presidential Candidates on Health Care Reform November, 2011 This publication outlines the various health care reform proposals of the 2011 presidential candidates. It will be updated regularly throughout the campaign. Health Insurance Mandates in the States, 2010 October 2010 A detailed tracking of health insurance benefits, providers and covered persons mandates passed by the state legislatures. State Legislators' Guide to Health Insurance Solutions January 2010 What can states do to keep health insurance accessible and affordable? Are there ways to expand choice and availability of insurance plans? Our guide to health insurance solutions has some answers. Medicare's Financial Challenges: Actuaries Speak Out on Medicare's Future July 2007 An actuarial analysis of Medicare which concludes that the system in its current form is unsustainable. Understanding the Uninsured March 2007 Who are the uninsured? This publication explains that the uninsured population is not monolithic and has different solutions for different groups of people. State Health Insurance Index 2006: A 50 State Comparison of the Nation's Health Insurance Market November 2006 This publication provides a snap shot of the health insurance environment in each state. State Health Insurance Index 2006: Methodology November 2006 This methodology - a complement to the State Health Insurance Index - includes a definition of each index component and how it was calculated. Massachusetts' Health Care Reform Plan: Too Many Sticks; Not Enough Carrots May 2006 The paper evaluates the recent Massachusetts reform legislation and raises serious questions about its structure, costs and invasions of privacy. Medicare's Hidden Administrative Costs: A Comparison of Medicare and the Private Sector January 2006 The paper, by Merrill Matthews, Ph.D., looks at how Medicare calculates its administrative costs versus how the private sector administrative costs are tabulated. Medicare's Hidden Administrative Costs: Technical Paper January 2006 This paper provides background data and technical calculations that were used in the comparison of Medicare and the private sector. Destroying Insurance Markets: How Guaranteed Issue and Community Rating Destroyed the Individual Health Insurance Market in Eight States December 2005 Co-published by CAHI and the Heartland Institute, this book analyzes how guaranteed issue and community rating caused individual health insurance market costs to soar and forced thousands of people out of the market, leaving them uninsured. The Long-Term Care Dilemma: What States Are Doing Right, and Wrong September 2004 A paper by Steve Moses that explains what can be done as more baby boomers retire to save the long-term care system. Senior Century: A Legislators' Guide to Seniors' Health Care Issues May 2004 With the growing number of seniors in America and the related health care costs, lawmakers will soon face tough public policy challenges. CAHI's new legislators' guide - Senior Century - offers policies that legislators can enact now to give American seniors more control and financial independence.

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