Health Reform Hub Issues

Track the latest news, analysis, and commentary on major issues impacting the health reform debate.

Health Reform Proposals
Keep up with the latest news, commentary, and analysis about federal and state health reform initiatives and learn how they could affect you, your health care, and your health coverage.

Health Costs
Concerns about rising health costs are at the top of the policy agenda. Learn more about the right and wrong ways to rationalize health costs and health spending.

Health Care Delivery
Learn about innovative ideas in health care delivery and about what proposals to modernize the heath care delivery system would mean for you and your access to health care and coverage.

Private Health Insurance
The great majority of Americans are covered by private health insurance policies. How would reform proposals affect your current health insurance and your prospects for control over your coverage and access to care in the future?

Consumerism
Research shows that engaging consumers as partners in managing their health costs and coverage leads to lower costs, increased used of preventive services, and better allocation of health care resources. Learn more about these initiatives.

Innovation
The private sector, not the government, leads advancements in medicine, treatment and medical procedures, and provides countless examples of successful health care financing and delivery initiatives.

State Initiatives
Find out what's working and not working on health reform in the laboratories of democracy.

The Uninsured
Who are the uninsured and what is the best way to increase their access to health coverage?

Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP
Government programs control nearly half of health spending in the United States. What are the challenges facing these programs and how can we modernize them for the 21st century?

Pharmaceutical Issues
How can policymakers ensure patients have access to the drugs they need and still keep the pipeline of new drugs flowing?

Comparative Effectiveness Issues
Washington has begun initiatives to compare the effectiveness of various medical treatments. How will research and recommendations impact you and your access to health care in the future?

International Health Systems
What lessons can we learn from how other countries run their health systems?