health insurance reform

The different health reform bills pending in Congress represent quite different understandings of what a health insurance exchange is, what it does, how it is organized and how it functions. These differences are likely to affect significantly the extent to which the exchanges accomplish their goals and avoid the problems that have afflicted earlier attempts at creating and operating exchanges. The exchanges should operate at the federal level, as the House health care reform bill provides. more »

WASHINGTON -- As sweeping health care reform legislation moves on Capitol Hill, the Institute for America’s Future compiled the following statements from health care experts and leaders in support of a public insurance option to compete with private insurers. more »