Utah Hospitals and Health Systems Association


Healthcare Coverage Coalition

"Under the direction of the UHA Board of Trustees, examine and recommend potential options to meet the healthcare coverage needs of all Utahns."

 

Submitted Articles


http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/24/6/1399
Victor R. Fuchs and Ezekiel J. Emanuel,
Health Care Reform: Why? What? When?
Health Affairs 24, no. 6 (November/December 2005): 1399-1414.

http://www.brookings.edu/views/papers/200609hacker.pdf
Jacob S. Hacker, The Brookings Institution Universal Insurance: Enhancing Economic Security to Promote Opportunity September 2006.
http://www.deloitte.com/dtt/cda/doc/content/us_chs_catalystforhealthcare
Deloitte Consulting LLP, Deloitte Research and the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions The Catalyst for Health Care Reform.
http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/short/23/3/10?ck=nckk
Uwe E. Reinhardt, Peter S. Hussey, Gerard F. Anderson U.S. Health Care Spending In An International Context Health Aff May 01, 2004 23(3): 10-25.
http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa184.html
Michael Tanner
Cato Policy Analysis No. 184 November 24, 1992 Health Care Reform: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.
http://www.allhealth.org/Publications/pub_27.pdf
The Alliance for Health Reform
Soucebook 2006- Chap 2: Private Health Coverage, 10/9/2006 from the Alliance sourcebook, "Covering Health Issues, 2006."
11/20/2006
http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/25/6/1668?ijkey=rwFsaONDvAM.E&keytype=ref&siteid=healthaff
Health Affairs
Employers’ Views On Incremental Measures To Expand Health Coverage
Heidi Whitmore, Sara R. Collins, Jon Gabel and Jeremy Pickreign

America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP)

http://www.ahipbelieves.com/Portals/0/docs/vision_of_reform.pdf
A Vision for Reform
http://www.ahipbelieves.com/Portals/0/docs/principles_of_reform.pdf
Principles for State Reform

12/05/2006

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/12/03/BUGTFMNNQD1.DTL&type=health
San Francisco Chronicle, Sunday, December 3, 2006. Victoria Colliver, Chronicle Staff Writer.

http://health.utah.gov/opha/publications/hssbriefs/HSS_Brief_Cluster.pdf
Health Status Survey Brief, "Demographic Segments of Utah's Uninsured", UDOH, November 2006.
http://atlanta.bizjournals.com/atlanta/industries/health_care/health_insurance/
Altlanta Business Chronical, December 6th, 2006. Douglas Sams.
http://www.utahfoundation.org/img/pdfs/rr677.pdf
Controlling Healthcare Costs, Part One: Understanding the Factors Driving Healthcare Inflation
http://www.utahfoundation.org/img/pdfs/rr678.pdf
Controlling Healthcare Costs, Part Two: Analysis of Five Reform Concepts
1/2/2006
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/payorplay2006.htm
Pay or Play Bills
http://www.hfma.org/hfmanews/PermaLink,guid,212a09ae-9904-4c09-b570-721f02da48a2.aspx
An Illinois task force created by the state legislature has proposed sweeping...
http://www.imakenews.com/cppa/e_article000718520.cfm?x=b8FVPMv,b3lK3JH0
Health Care Insurance: Pending legislation in the states Jennifer Robinson, MPA, CPPA.
1/12/2007
http://www.hanys.org/upload/REAL%20Health%20Care%20Reform.pdf
The Healthcare Association of New York State and Greater New York Hospital Association issued proposals...
3/1/2007
FAH Coverage Proposal
How the new Federation proposal for universal coverage stacks up compared to others…
Accounting for the Cost of Health Care in the United States
McKinsey Global Institute finds that the U.S. spends $480 billion more on health care than other developed countries...
3/21/2007

Basic Drug Coverage OK'd in Universal Plan
McKinsey Global Institute finds that the U.S. spends $480 billion more on health care than other developed countries...

6/22/2007

Swiss Example on Health Insurance
Implementation history of Switzerland's universal health coverage as compared with the Massachusetts plan

7/13/2007

Waiting for Medicare to arrive...
Unisured adults with chronic illnesses utilize more resources when they transition to Medicare than do insured individuals when they enroll.

Free care may come at a cost to the poor
Many low-income patients seeking free care at hospitals will face deductibles and copayments similar...

Fat taxes could save thousands
Thousands of patients could be saved if a tax on unhealthy foods was implemented in the UK.

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