Resources and Reports
Choice of public or private health insurance plans
02/06/09 Should buyers of health insurance be able to select coverage from a public health insurance plan, similar to Medicare, as well as policies from insurance companies?
Commonwealth Fund: How Many Are Underinsured? Trends Among U.S. Adults, 2003 and 2007
08/27/08 It’s not just the 47 million uninsured who have trouble paying for the health care they need. This report estimates another 25 million are underinsured – they have coverage that doesn’t pay for needed services or hits patients with unaffordable deductibles and co-payments.
Commonwealth Fund: How the Loss of Adequate Health Insurance Is Burdening Working Families
08/28/08 This report, from 2008, looks at how growing medical debt is burdening families.
Commonwealth Fund: Results from the National Scorecard on U.S. Health System Performance, 2008
08/27/08 Comparing U.S. Health System performance overall with other developed countries and with top-performing states. The report finds U.S. performance has declined slightly in the past four years.
Comparative effectiveness research
02/24/09 How can we be sure that our health dollars are spent wisely, not wasted on treatments that don’t help patients? Comparative effectiveness research - studying whether one treatment or drug is more effective than another - has the potential to help doctors make better decisions that will help patients have better outcomes of care.
Comparison of CWA’s Health Care Priorities with Bills in Congress, longer version
10/15/09 A two-page chart that compares three current (as of Oct. 5, 2009) health reform bills as far as how they address CWA's priorities for health reform: no taxation of benefits, employers pay fair share, affordable coverage for pre-Medicare retirees, and public plan option.
Comparison of CWA’s Health Care Priorities with Bills in Congress, shorter version
10/15/09 A one-page chart that compares three current (as of Oct. 5, 2009) health reform bills as far as how they address CWA's priorities for health reform: no taxation of benefits, employers pay fair share, affordable coverage for pre-Medicare retirees, and public plan option.
Comparison of CWA’s Health Care Priorities with H.R. 3200
07/27/09 Fact sheet shows how the major health reform legislation in the House meets CWA's priorities for fixing the health system.
Comparison of Employer Responsibility Provisions in the Senate and House Health Care Bills
10/15/09 Compares three current (as of Oct. 7, 2009) health reform bills in terms of what they do to make sure employers all pay their fair share.
Congressional Research Service - Health Care Reform: An Introduction
05/12/09 The non-partisan research staff for Congress outlines issues to be considered in health reform.
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