Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Lewin contact: John Sheils

The Covering America project, made possible by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and directed by the Economic & Social Research Institute (ESRI), promotes serious thinking and debate about comprehensive policies to extend health care coverage to uninsured Americans. In June 2001 the project published a set of 10 comprehensive health coverage proposals. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation commissioned The Lewin Group to analyze the 10 proposals and prepare estimates of the number of people who would be covered by public and private health insurance and the costs of extending coverage. Appendices to the summary report provide a detailed explanation of the methodology used for the study, and detailed cost and coverage estimates for each proposal. Additional publications prepared for the Covering America project are posted on the ESRI website. Appendix A: The Health Benefits Simulation Model (HBSM): Uniform Methodology and Assumptions Appendix B: Reforming the Tax Treatment of Health Care to Achieve Universal Coverage, by Stuart M. Butler Appendix C: Assessing the Combination of Public Programs and Tax Credits, by Judith Feder, Larry Levitt, Ellen O'Brien, and Diane Rowland Appendix D: A Private/Public Partnership for National Health Insurance, by Jonathan Gruber Appendix E: Medicare Plus: Increasing Health Coverage by Expanding Medicare, by Jacob S. Hacker Appendix F: Expanding Health Insurance Coverage: A New Federal/State Approach, by John F. Holahan, Len M. Nichols, and Linda J. Blumberg Appendix G: A State-Based Proposal for Achieving Universal Coverage, by Richard Kronick and Thomas Rice Appendix H: An Adaptive Credit Plan for Covering the Uninsured, by Mark V. Pauly Appendix I: Near-Universal Coverage Through Health Plan Competition: An Insurance Exchange Approach, by Sara J. Singer, Alan M. Garber, and Alain C. Enthoven Appendix J: The Medical Security System: A Proposal to Ensure Health Insurance for all Americans, by Alan R. Weil Appendix K: A Plan for Achieving Universal Health Coverage: Combining the New with the Best of the Past, by Elliot K. Wicks, Jack A. Meyer, and Sharon Silow-Carroll

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