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The Institute for Health Policy Solutions (IHPS) is an independent, not-for-profit organization with a mission to develop transformative solutions to health system problems. Our expert staff design and analyze workable innovations with the overarching goal of achieving coverage by and for allSM Americans.
We work at the national, state and local levels to help extend coverage to uninsured workers and their families. We develop approaches that serve the public interest and are made more effective by identifying complementary public and private roles as well as pertinent market dynamics. One example is hybrid coverage and financing strategies like Health@WorkSM, which serves to leverage limited public funds and reach uninsured small firm workers. An important role is assisting interested organizations and sites that are positioned to pursue such promising strategies.
Our activities include: strategic planning; policy analysis and formulation; development of coverage innovations; technical assistance for program policy development; and applied research. We convene expert forums to generate collaborative analysis, and sponsor National Resource Centers or academies to develop expertise, share insights and foster mutual interest in a promising coverage approach.
To better achieve our goals, we often work with individuals and organizations whose roles and capabilities complement our own. IHPS is a freestanding 501(c)(3) institute that relies on outside support — grants and contracts — to fund our work.
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Making Coverage Affordable for Lower Income Workers While Reducing Federal Spending
On August 18, 2009, Health Affairs posted our blog discussing how a progressive sliding-scale tax credit could help low- and modest-income workers afford health coverage available through their employers. To avoid a costly shift from employer- to government-financed coverage, House and Senate Committee-approved bills deny many such workers needed assistance. Alternatives discussed here are designed to provide affordable access while reducing net federal costs.
To read our blog, click here.
To read IHPS' full report on this topic, click here.
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Insights for Federal Health Reform From California
Health Affairs web edition articles released March 24, 2009 assess
California's recent "shared responsibility" health reform effort and the insights it offers for federal reforms. All three papers can be accessed through the links above and below.
These IHPS papers are the final product of a multi-year project under which IHPS provided technical assistance and analysis for California's health reform effort. For further information click here. |
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