This book chapter examines how firms behaved with respect to employment-based health insurance before Affordable Care Act deliberations and uses that behavior to predict the changes that might occur when the legislative requirements become fully implemented.

The Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid continue to play a critical role in extending affordable access to quality care for children. The Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 spurred states to expand eligibility, further streamline enrollment and renewal...

The Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA) reauthorized CHIP through federal fiscal year 2019 and, together with provisions in the Affordable Care Act, federal funding for the program was extended through federal fiscal year 2015. Congressional action is required...

Mental illness, like any health concern, can disrupt the ability to work. Less than 20 percent of people who receive publicly funded mental health services are employed, although research consistently demonstrates that, with the right supports, 40-60 percent of people with serious mental illness...

The purpose of this project was to produce a list of databases that could be used to track the use of preventive services among privately insured individuals following the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.

The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) and the accountable care organization (ACO) are models of delivery system reform. Although there is theoretical alignment between PCMHs and ACOs, the discussion of physician payment within each model has remained distinct. This article compares payment...