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Lowering the Medicare Age to 60: Cost and Coverage Outcomes
Executive Summary Lowering Medicare eligibility to age 60 would cost $380 billion over 10 years—even after accounting for Affordable Care Act savings from lower spending on subsidies and assuming that…
The Health Care Choices Proposal
In October, the Health Policy Consensus Group released a health care reform plan called “The Health Care Choices Proposal.”[1] The stated purpose of this plan, referred to in…
Health and Economy Baseline Estimates
The following report details the most recent updates to the Center for Health and Economy’s (H&E) baseline estimates of insurance coverage, plan choice, and the premium landscape of…
Fully Implementing the Affordable Care Act
While enacted in 2010, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has never been fully implemented. The Health Insurance Marketplaces and partial Medicaid expansion were implemented in 2014, but under the Obama…
H.R. 1346 – The Medicare Buy-in and Health Care Stabilization Act of 2019
In recent months, several lawmakers have released various versions of a Medicare buy-in proposal. Nearly all of them include allowing people aged 50 to 64 to buy into Medicare. In…
Health and Economy Baseline Estimates
The following report details the most recent updates to the H&E baseline estimates of insurance coverage, federal budgetary impact, plan choice, and the premium landscape of health insurance for Americans…
The Health Care Choices Proposal
In June, the Health Policy Consensus Group released a health care reform plan called “The Health Care Choices Proposal.”[1] The stated purpose of this plan, referred to in…
The Proposed Modifications to Short Term Limited Duration Insurance Plans
The Trump Administration has released a series of executive orders with the aim of reducing health insurance premiums. One of these orders seeks to redefine Short Term Limited Duration Insurance…
Reinsurance and Cost-Sharing Reductions Estimates
In response to the 2018 premium increases in the Affordable Care Act’s individual market, members of Congress have written various pieces of legislation with the goal of lowering premiums. Appropriating…
Health and Economy Baseline Estimates
Entering the 2018 plan year, the health insurance market continues to see increasing and unpredictable costs, large numbers of uninsured individuals, and inadequate access to care. The Center for Health…