Important Publications

Based on 2006 and 2007 surveys of working-age adults (ages 18–64)in Massachusetts, this paper examines employers' responses to health reform as reported by their employees.

This paper examines employers’ views and responses to health care reform after employer and individual mandates went into effect in Massachusetts based on a spring 2008 survey of 1,003 randomly selected Massachusetts firms. The paper looks at the degree of crowd-out that occurred.

This Cornell University report, funded by NYSHealth, explores the opinions of New Yorkers on health care reform and summarizes the findings of a statewide survey of 475 employers and 1,200 residents.

This report, produced by Families USA, examines growing health care premiums in relation to stagnant wages and what these trends mean for New York State’s working families.

This study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), sought to identify predictors of uninsurance among U.S. children and adolescents with insured parents.

This United Hospital Fund Report, funded by NYSHealth, models the effects of merging three segments of New York State’s commercial health insurance market: Direct Pay, Healthy New York, and Small Group. This research hopes to contribute to the creation of a viable market in which individuals in New York State can purchase affordable, comprehensive health insurance policies.

This report grades New York State Assembly Members and Senators on their track records with legislation related to health care.

This report summarizes the findings of an assessment of barriers to obtaining health care in underserved communities in New York City, with a focus on community residents’ articulation of their experiences accessing primary health care.

This Rockefeller Institute of Government report, made possible by an NYSHealth grant, looks at statewide strategies for improving private health insurance coverage to small groups. It examines rating policies, group purchasing arrangements, premium subsidies, refundable credits, and reinsurance as strategies for increasing access to private health insurance.

This NYSHealth-funded report was created by the Rockefeller Institute of Government. It provides an overview of the strategies all 50 states have used to increase insurance coverage in the small-group market including what is known about the effectiveness of these strategies.

This transcript from the Manhattan Institute’s 2008 Medical Progress Conference (an NYSHealth-funded event) brings together a variety of perspectives about affordable health care for the uninsured in New York.

This presentation is a proposal by the Community Service Society for establishing universal health care coverage in New York State.

Continuing its reporting on health insurance issues affecting New Yorkers, the United Hospital Fund (UHF) has released a data update on Offer, Eligibility, and Take-up Rates of Employer-Sponsored Coverage in New York, 2005.

This report is the initial product of Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health's project whose overarching purpose is to analyze both qualitatively and quantitatively, meaningful and lasting options to expand health insurance coverage in New York State.

This presentation shares the findings from a statewide health poll conducted in November 2007 by the Community Service Society.

Targeted at small business owners and self-employed individuals, the Office of Citywide Health Insurance Access published this guide to provide helpful information about health insurance options in New York City.

This is a transcript of the first of two panels hosted by the Manhattan Institute and funded by NYSHealth to explore options to increase health insurance coverage.

The United Hospital Fund has released a new report on the 900,000 New Yorkers who are eligible for public insurance but not enrolled in any of the available programs.

This report commissioned by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation includes a state-by-state analysis of public health insurance coverage for chronically ill children. New York State is home to 572,503 children with special health care needs—11,531 of whom are uninsured.

A 2008 Employee Benefit Research Institute study investigates immigration and health insurance coverage. The large foreign-born population in New York is increasing, and is a key group for efforts to expand insurance coverage.

This presentation reports on the findings of a citywide survey that details managed care consumers’ experiences obtaining and utilizing public health insurance.

This Community Service Society presentation provides facts about the uninsured in New York State with a focus on women.

This Community Service Society presentation is a public testimony about establishing universal health coverage in New York State.

This Migration Policy Institute report presents different options for immigration reform and their implications for access to health care reform. The report seeks to maintain a healthy workforce and protect public health.

The first in a series of policy briefs from the Health Care for Health Care Workers campaign, this report provides basic facts about the health care crisis for direct-care workers.

This commentary published in the New England Journal of Medicine in February 2008 argues that the presidential candidates may be overstating the case for prevention as the key to cutting the cost of health care.

This United Hospital Fund report explores Medicaid enrollment data in New York State.

This study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) sought to assess the effect of acquiring Medicare coverage on the health of previously uninsured adults.

The New York State Insurance Department released this annual evaluation report about Healthy NY, an organization that offers health insurance coverage to small business owners and employees.

This blueprint from the United Hospital Fund proposes a set of strategies to achieve universal health insurance coverage by addressing the unique characteristics of New York State’s uninsured population.

This report was produced by the Commission on Health Care Facilities in the 21st Century, an organization created to review and strengthen New York State's acute and long term care systems.

This report by the Children’s Defense Fund looks at how coordination of New York’s Medicaid and Food Stamp Programs would make it easier for families to access critical public benefits.

This report, prepared for the Medicaid Institute at the United Hospital Fund, provides general background information about the Medicaid program from a national and a New York State perspective.

This report, by the Commonwealth Fund, examines the weakening of employer-sponsored health insurance and whether the state’s employers are making more use of public health insurance programs than in the past.