October 28, 2009 - Ensuring that all Americans have access to affordable health insurance and care is one of the major goals of federal health reform, if not the major goal. But determining what is and is not "affordable" for different groups is a challenge that is reflected in the varying levels of coverage and assistance offered across the three bills before Congress.
August 18, 2009 - Commonwealth Fund President Karen Davis emphasizes that without health reform that controls premium costs, which are projected to rise to 24 percent of median family income by 2020, middle-class families will be priced out of health insurance altogether.