Health Insurance Project: Publications
Health Insurance Coverage in New York, 2008
Newly updated and expanded with 2007-2008 data, the Fund’s annual chartbook provides an invaluable snapshot of the uninsured in New York, detailing income, employment status, age, and other demographic information. It also tracks coverage distribution among workers and low-income New Yorkers, estimates the number of uninsured New Yorkers who are eligible for public health insurance, and describes trends in coverage over time. Data presented are the most recent available from the Current Population Survey.
Blueprint, Spring 2010
The latest issue of Blueprint presents the Fund's new family caregiving quality improvement collaborative, commentary by Jim Tallon on post-reform imperatives, and a host of articles on Fund initiatives, grants, and events.
Childless Adults: Barriers to Enrollment in Public Health Coverage
This new Fund-supported report examines the barriers faced by New York’s 500,000 eligible but uninsured childless adults, and strategies to improve this population's participation in public health insurance.
The Big Picture Updated
This report provides analysis of recent activity in both New York’s private markets and state and federal managed care programs.
Cost Sharing in New York's Health Insurance Market
This report examines the impact of cost sharing—deductibles, copayments, and coinsurance—on group health insurance premiums in New York, and the resulting out-of-pocket costs for enrollees.
Measuring Coverage for Seniors in Medicare Part A and Estimating the Cost of Making It Universal
In 2005, 1.6 million seniors—or 5 percent of the elderly U.S. population—were without a full federal Medicare Part A premium subsidy.
"Mutual Responsibility": A Study of Uninsured Immigrants' Perspectives on Health Insurance in New York City
This report describes the results of a study conducted by the New York Immigration Coalition, with grant support from the Fund, that explored the barriers to maintaining health insurance faced by immigrants in New York.
New York State and the Emerging Federal Health Care Reform Blueprint
This report, prepared in anticipation of federal health care reform, examines how key reform issues present important new policy considerations for New York.
Blueprint Fall 2009
The latest issue of Blueprint presents an overview of the critical issue of expanding insurance coverage, commentary by Jim Tallon on the crisis in health care, and a host of features on Fund initiatives and events.
Vision/Accomplishment
The United Hospital Fund's 2009 Annual Report highlights the Fund's accomplishments over the past year and presents a vision—and imperatives—for the future of our health care system.
Reducing Paperwork to Improve Enrollment and Retention in Medicaid and CHIP
This Medicaid Institute™ report examines ways to increase enrollment and retention of eligible children and adults in Medicaid and CHIP, lower administrative program costs, and improve convenience for applicants.
Roundtable on Public Program Simplification
On October 14, 2009, United Hospital Fund convened a roundtable discussion on the simplification of public program enrollment and renewal procedures.
The Big Picture: Private and Public Health Insurance Markets in New York
An unprecedented portrait of New York's commercial, Medicaid, Medicare, and self-funded insurance markets, The Big Picture provides an in-depth review of those markets and the regulations and policies shaping health insurance in our state. Updated Nov. 5, 2009
Improving Enrollment and Retention in Medicaid and CHIP
This Medicaid Institute™ report explores a series of federal administrative and legislative changes that states can seek to improve their current public health insurance programs and increase participation.
New York State and the Emerging Federal Health Care Reform Blueprint
This meeting presentation outlined key issues for New York in the federal health care reform debate. It includes background on recent progress made in New York to expand coverage and data on New York's uninsured.
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