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States in Action
April/May 2008
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Feature
Snapshots: Short Takes on Promising Programs
Federal Activity
Commission on a High Performance Health System
Additional Resources
Feature
Massachusetts' health reform plan is the most comprehensive effort by a state to achieve near-universal coverage, and arguably the most controversial, given its inclusion of an individual mandate. On the second anniversary of passage, we examine its impact on the state's residents and health care system. Read more »
Snapshots: Short Takes on Promising Programs
With forecasts calling for reductions in state revenues due to the mortgage and accompanying credit crisis, states are trying to control the rate of increase of health care spending by enhancing value: improving the quality of care and the health of their residents, promoting efficiencies in the health care system, and creating a foundation for future health insurance expansion efforts. Read more »
Colorado created a Center for Improving Value in Health Care, an interdisciplinary think tank that will identify and develop cost control and quality improvement strategies. Read more »
In Minnesota, the cost of a proposed coverage expansion would be covered by promoting healthy behaviors and overhauling how providers are paid. Read more »
Wisconsin's BadgerCare Plus extends health coverage and at the same time emphasizes individuals' responsibility for improving their own health. Read more »
Federal Activity
Would the leading presidential candidates' health reform proposals promote a "high performance" health system--that is, not only expand coverage for the uninsured but also improve quality and efficiency and gain control over spiraling health care costs? Read more »
Commission on a High Performance Health System
Additional Resources