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Public Insurance and the Uninsured Featured Topics in Inquiry's 2013 Spring Issue

Mon, 13 May 2013 11:36:54 -0400

Public health expansions and income, the effect of consumer incentives on health care compliance, spillover effects from the uninsured population, and states' commitment to Medicaid prior to reform are all explored in Inquiry's spring issue:

Lessons from Massachusetts Health Reform Focus of INQUIRY'S 2012-13 Winter Issue

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 16:29:50 -0500

As states prepare to implement provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), they may look to Massachusetts, which enacted its own health reform in 2006, for signs of what to expect. Featured in the Winter 2012/2013 issue of Inquiry, "Findings from...

MEDICARE AND MEDICAID FEATURED TOPICS IN INQUIRY'S 2012 FALL ISSUE

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 18:45:56 -0500

Hospital readmission for Medicare patients, the low-income subsidy for Medicare Part D, Medicaid eligibility, Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payment, and wellness program incentives are all explored in Inquiry's fall issue:

Perspectives on Health Reform Featured in INQUIRY Summer 2012 Issue

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 12:39:19 -0400

Perspectives on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) comprise a special section in INQUIRY's summer issue released this week. Contributors address the issues of health care rationing, the future of employer-sponsored health insurance, employer responses ...

INQUIRY journal's Spring 2012 Issue Released

Tue, 22 May 2012 12:13:29 -0400

INQUIRY journal Spring 2012 issue summaries:

INQUIRY Journal Tackles the Question 'How Can We Bend the Health Care Spending Cost Curve?'

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 06:02:16 -0500

U.S. health care spending represents 17.6 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) and is projected to grow to one-fifth of the GDP by 2020. With the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) set to be near full implementation in 2014, c...

Recent INQUIRY Journal Highlights

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:00:05 -0500

Current topics such as health reform in Massachusetts, effects of the Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention Act, minorities' use of hospitals, employer-based wellness programs, the accuracy of MEPS prescription drug data, health coverage for low-i...

Medicaid Redesign, Impact of Private Insurance on Long-Term Care Use, Global Payment vs. Fee-For-Service

Thu, 04 Aug 2011 20:11:21 -0400

Here's a summary of INQUIRY's recent issue:

Can We Avoid Fiscal Armageddon?

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 06:02:49 -0500

Growth in U.S. health care spending has persistently exceeded growth in the country's gross domestic product, and projections for the coming decades show health care absorbing twice the share of income growth as in past decades. Evidence overwhelm...

INQUIRY journal's Fall 2010 issue released

Wed, 24 Nov 2010 11:39:05 -0500

The Fall 2010 issue of INQUIRY journal has been released, and includes a variety of timely articles on health insurance and care, hospital mergers, integrated delivery of care, not-for-profit hospital CEO performance and pay, nonprofit enterprises...

Unexpected Effects of Electronic Medical Records; Differences in U.S. and Canadian Health Spending

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 10:46:16 -0400

Articles in the Summer 2010 issue of INQUIRY journal touch on topics such as medical records, medical spending, differences in children's Medicaid and CHIP participation, experiences with the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit, community be...

Employer-Sponsored Insurance, Ambulance Diversion and Heart Attack Deaths, and Massachusetts Heath Care Reform

Thu, 13 May 2010 11:17:52 -0400

Health care reform is now law, but concerns surrounding costs, premiums and effects on employers and employees remain. INQUIRY's spring issue offers policy-relevant articles that help inform these matters.

Inquiry Journal Winter 2009/2010 Issue Released

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:45:58 -0500

INQUIRY's latest issue addresses some timely health care concerns: Medicare physician fees, high Medicaid costs, obesity, expanding Medicare Savings Programs, and effects of mandated benefit laws. Health reform's "public option" is the focus of th...

INQUIRY Journal Articles Relevant to the Health Reform Debate; New Issue Released

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:16:35 -0500

INQUIRY journal has posted a new issue at www.inquiryjournal.org , including timely articles and an editorial on the health reform debate:

Anticipating Health Care Reform

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:00:57 -0400

Health care reform is grabbing headlines this summer and INQUIRY journal joins the current debate with a set of timely papers discussing issues critical for effective reform.

Impact of Cancer Survivorship on Health Insurance and Employment Transitions

Fri, 22 May 2009 09:46:01 -0400

Cancer survivors, afraid of losing employment-related health insurance, refrain from making job changes, even after cancer treatment, according to a new study in the spring issue of INQUIRY.

What Do People Buy When They Don't Buy Health Insurance?

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 06:01:53 -0500

Why do some people go without health insurance? The answer may lie in their spending patterns.

Hospital Behavior Tied To Competition, Closures And Staffing Among Topics In the Fall Issue Of Inquiry Journal

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:15:56 -0500

Summaries of articles from the latest issue of INQUIRY journal:

Health Insurance Enrollment Decisions, Health Plan Performance and Access to Care in Latest INQUIRY Journal

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:00:49 -0400

Summaries of articles from the latest issue of INQUIRY journal:

Health Reform, Insurance Mandates, Role of Nonprofits Under Universal Coverage Highlighted in INQUIRY Journal

Fri, 23 May 2008 11:50:13 -0400

Opinion polls repeatedly show health care to be a major concern for Americans and proposals for expanding health insurance coverage are issues of debate in the U.S. presidential race. Two articles in the spring 2008 issue of INQUIRY add to this di...

Group Insurance Coverage, PPOs, and the Massachusetts Medicaid Buy-in Program Among Topics in INQUIRY

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:22:13 -0500

With both private and public health insurance undergoing considerable changes in recent years, case studies help researchers understand the impact of new trends. Three articles in the winter 2007/2008 issue of INQUIRY examine natural experiments t...

Disparities In Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance, Property Tax Exemption For Health Care Nonprofits

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 10:14:30 -0500

More than 27 million working Americans aged 19 to 64 have no health insurance -- and many of these uninsured are disproportionately Hispanics, African Americans and immigrants. Two research articles in INQUIRY’s fall issue (Vol. 44, No. 3) e...