Examining Health Insurance Issues and Developing Policy Options to Expand and Stabilize Coverage, 2005-06

The Fund's Program on the Future of Health Insurance tracks changes in insurance coverage, documents the consequences of being uninsured or underinsured, and explores new policies to expand coverage for working families. This core grant to Columbia University supports these activities by providing the analytical basis for reports authored by the Columbia team and for work undertaken by Fund staff, grantees, and the Commission on a High Performance Health System. Over the next year, the team will focus on such research topics as: the impact of health expenditures on people's savings; how sick leave and health benefits combine to affect access to care; new policies to expand coverage for low-wage workers; the latest trends in coverage among minorities and young adults; and components of the Commission's Health System Indicators Scorecard.