Monthly Archives: November 2009
CBO: Health Reform Reduces Premiums Across the Board
| November 30, 2009 | Posted by ITUP under Blog |
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A new CBO report commissioned by Senator Evan Bayh was released today, and the findings suggest that an overwhelming majority of individuals would pay less for insurance premiums under the reform proposals. Below are the major findings: Large Group Market (70% of population) Up to a 3% reduction in average… more
Obama’s Required Reading
| November 25, 2009 | Posted by ITUP under Blog |
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The Atlantic’s Richard Brownstein released a perspective on the state of the Senate bill, which President Obama was reported to have distributed throughout the West Wing. The piece takes a step back, highlighting the major cost-containment strategies that have survived to this point. Though some measures have been scaled back… more
ITUP Pieces and Kaiser Health Tracking Poll
| November 24, 2009 | Posted by ITUP under Blog |
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Here are a couple reform comparisons from ITUP including: -An updated comparison matrix of pending legislation -A new chart assessing variations between the House and Senate bills and their effect on California A new Kaiser tracking poll was also released today assessing the measures of public opinion about health reform.… more
New CBO estimates
| November 23, 2009 | Posted by ITUP under Blog |
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The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released some updated numbers form both the House and Senate legislation this weekend in time for the Motion to Proceed vote held on Saturday. House The CBO and JCT revised the federal deficit reduction estimate as a result of the Community Living Assistance Services and… more
Commonwealth Fund Charts
| November 20, 2009 | Posted by ITUP under Blog |
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Attended a panel today on affordability measures within an individual mandate, and Sara Collins from the Commonwealth Fund compared effects between the two pieces of legislation. In general, the House legislation focuses on affordability for low-income individuals where the Senate improves affordability more for middle-income groups. See the charts below… more
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
| November 19, 2009 | Posted by ITUP under Blog |
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We now have the $849 billion Senate health reform bill, which will expand coverage to 31 million more Americans while reducing the federal deficit by $127 billion over 10 years. Below are useful resources pertaining to the legislation, and we will provide our own analyses in the coming days. The… more
Congressional happenings and…..ping pong?
| November 18, 2009 | Posted by ITUP under Blog |
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Harry Reid will hold a closed-door chat with his Senatorial caucus at 5 ET, with a possible press conference to follow. The CBO score is the topic at hand (which will also be released to the general public today), and initial reports show the bill comes in below the $900B… more
Health Reform: Effects on Ethnic Disparities
| November 17, 2009 | Posted by ITUP under Blog |
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I wrote a while back on research assessing the excess costs as a result of racial and ethnic health disparities, which the Urban Institute estimates to be $337 billion over the next 10 years. The bills before Congress contain numerous provisions that would directly or indirectly have a positive impact… more
CMS Report and Cost Controls
| November 16, 2009 | Posted by ITUP under Blog |
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This weekend, as commissioned by House Republicans, the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) released their report on HR 3962. In a nutshell, the CMS finds that by 2019 the bill will expand insurance coverage to 34 million more Americans, while raising national health expenditure by 1% more than… more
Children’s Coverage and the Fate of CHIP
| November 13, 2009 | Posted by ITUP under Blog |
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Attended a very interesting panel discussion today, where experts analyzed the state of children’s health insurance and discussed next steps in reform. While private insurance and public programs have steadily increased enrollment rates of children over the years, it is worth noting that over 8 million children are currently uninsured… more
