October 7, 2005 New Executive Summary Roadmap to Coverage: Synthesis of Findings

John Holahan, Linda J. Blumberg, Alan Weil, Lisa Clemans-Cope, Matthew Buettgens, Fredric Blavin, Stephen Zuckerman, The Urban Institute. This document provides a high level summary of the Roadmap initiative and outlines three policy options that would achieve universal coverage for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. view document (PDF 486k)

October 7, 2005 New Roadmap to Coverage: Synthesis of Findings

John Holahan, Linda J. Blumberg, Alan Weil, Lisa Clemans-Cope, Matthew Buettgens, Fredric Blavin, Stephen Zuckerman, The Urban Institute. This final report synthesizes all of the research and analytic work done on the Roadmap initiative, describes three policy approaches that would achieve universal health coverage in the Commonwealth, and describes the issues that would need to be addressed in order to successfully implement the Roadmap options. view document (PDF 608k)

October 7, 2005 New You Can Get There From Here: Implementing the Roadmap to Coverage

Alan Weil, The Urban Institute. This report provides an overview of the steps that would need to be taken to implement the Roadmap coverage expansion options and summarizes the information contained in six detailed implementation papers. view document (PDF 370k)

October 7, 2005 New Implementation Papers

These working papers provide detailed information on the major tasks involved in implementing the Roadmap to Coverage policy options: Maximizing the Use of Federal Matching Funds to Help Finance Universal Coverage Mark Reynolds view document (PDF 208k) Implementing a Health Plan Purchasing Pool Elliot Wicks view document (PDF 160k) Implementing Government-Funded Reinsurance in the Context of Universal Coverage Randall Bovbjerg and Elliot Wicks view document (PDF 160k) Implementing Tax Credits for Affordable Health Insurance Coverage Alan Weil view document (PDF 188k) Enforcing Health Insurance Mandatesl Linda Blumberg, Randall Bovbjerg, and John Holahan view document (PDF 205k) Assuring Cost Containment Robert Berenson view document (PDF 190k)

June 21, 2005 Building the Roadmap to Coverage: Policy Choices and the Cost and Coverage Implications

Linda J. Blumberg, Ph.D., John Holahan, Ph.D., and Alan Weil, J.D., The Urban Institute. This report describes options for expanding coverage to the estimated 532,000 Massachusetts residents without health insurance. Each strategy is outlined in the form of a policy proposal and includes analysis of the effects on cost and coverage. view document (PDF 824k)

June 21, 2005 Health Insurance Coverage and the Uninsured in Massachusetts

Prepared by Alison Cook, The Urban Institute. This chartbook illustrates the characteristics of the more than 500,000 people who are uninsured in the Commonwealth. In addition to detailed charts and tables, the chartbook also contains the stories of Massachusetts residents living on the edge of the health care system. view document (PDF 2.3mb)

November 16, 2004 Caring for the Uninsured in Massachusetts: What Does it Cost, Who Pays, and What Would Full Coverage Add to Medical Spending?

John Holahan, Ph.D., Randall Bovbjerg, J.D. & Jack Hadley, Ph. D., The Urban Institute. This report provides an analysis of all of the medical care provided to uninsured patients by hospitals, community health centers and physicians in Massachusetts; it is the first report of the Roadmap to Coverage initiative. view document (PDF 244k)

January 1, 2002 Life on the Edge of the Health Care System: The Growing Problem of the Uninsured in Massachusetts

Those without health insurance in our society work hard, support their families, and live in our cities, suburbs and small towns. Usually they are uninsured because of a lack of resources, and desperately want to be insured - if only they could afford it. This report portrays the financial, medical, and human consequences of living on the edge of the health care system. view document (PDF 1mb)