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A Progress Report On State Health Access Reform

John E. McDonough ^1*, Michael Miller ², Christine Barber ³

¹ John McDonough is executive director of Health Care for All, a Massachusetts consumer health advocacy organization.
² Michael Miller is policy director at Community Catalyst, a national nonprofit consumer advocacy organization.
³ Christine Barber is a senior policy analyst at Community Catalyst.

^*Corresponding author.

Abstract

Enactment of ambitious health reform laws in Massachusetts and Vermont in 2006 helped instigate a wave of state legislative activities to expand coverage to uninsured people. We identify thirty-nine states that have enacted laws in at least one access category since 2006. At least thirteen states have begun processes to enact comprehensive reforms to cover at least half of their uninsured residents. Key activities involve coverage expansions for uninsured children and for uninsured adults; regulatory changes in small-group and individual insurance markets; and individual and employer mandates. The future extent and durability of this wave are uncertain. [Health Affairs 27, no. 2 (2008): w105-w115 (published online 29 January 2008; 10.1377/hlthaff.27.2.w105)]

Key Words: Access To Care, Consumer Issues, Health Reform, Insurance Coverage, State/Local Issues, Insurance Market

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