Resources
Access the latest tools, trends, guides, recommendations, and more.
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March 22, 2020COVID-19, Resources
Tech-Enabled Platform Launched to Connect Healthcare With Available PPE
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March 17, 2020COVID-19, Federal Efforts, Resources
March 17 Tele-Briefing: Key Health Care Capitol Hill and Trump Administration Staff
This is the first of what we hope will become a series of briefings where we bring a critical mass of the experts and health policy thinkers.
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October 1, 2019Affordability, Federal Efforts, Resources
Health Care Safety-Net Programs After the Affordable Care Act
A new brief explores the landscape of the health care safety net and the evolving challenges these programs and providers face.
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September 4, 2019Federal Efforts, Resources, State Efforts
Interested Parties Memo: State Progress Informs DC Policy
It is often easy to forget how popular and ingrained elements of our federal health care system began with creative state leadership.
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August 28, 2019Affordability, Resources
Technical Assistance: Discussion Draft on Expanding Medicare Advantage Waiver Authorities
USofCare provided feedback to Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-OR) and Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL) on their discussion draft legislation.
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June 14, 2019Resources, State Efforts
2019 State Health Policy Progress
As many state legislative sessions draw to a close, it’s time to take stock of the significant progress state lawmakers made so far this year.
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April 8, 2019Affordability, Dependable Coverage, Resources
Health Affairs: Measuring The Burden Of Health Care Costs For Working Families
The rising costs for individuals and families with employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) have been overlooked compared to costs in the individual market or public programs. The majority of non-elderly Americans rely on ESI for coverage, so affordability concerns for this group should be a priority. View our full brief, created jointly with Penn LDI, to learn more.
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April 1, 2019Affordability, Dependable Coverage, News & Updates, Resources
The Burden of Health Care Costs for Working Families
Growing concern about the affordability of health care frequently appears in public debate about the next phase of health care reform. This brief, which was created between United States of Care and Penn’s Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics, provides state-level data on the cost burden faced by working families who have employer-sponsored insurance (ESI). While not all working families have ESI, it is the most common form of health insurance in the United States. We examine how this burden varies across states, and how it has changed within states from 2010 to 2016.
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February 20, 2019Affordability, Public Option, Resources
Playbook Launched to Help States Explore Medicaid Buy-In to Bring More Affordability and Stability to Health Care
Today, USofCare launched MedicaidBuyIn.com and a Medicaid Buy-in Playbook. Informed by conversations with lawmakers and advocates, these the website and playbook aim to support states as they undertake efforts to increase access to affordable health care through Medicaid buy-in. United States of Care is also supporting state efforts to explore Medicaid buy-in through on-the-ground engagement, strategic consultation and public opinion research.