posterior variance, length and coverage probability. In the absence of a gold standard, sample sizes are evaluated by the ratio …

This brief synthesizes the compelling research evidence linking health insurance coverage to good health outcomes for …

This brief examines how policymakers’ positive engagement can benefit children’s health care coverage advocates, as …

. While acknowledging that much work remains, the brief cites important gains in children’s coverage since the IAC efforts …

coverage is underway. Two major shifts are encouraging this approach: the movement down of public programs through devolution … workplace health coverage gaps created a state impetus towards expanded coverage. That impetus combined with the flexible use … SCHIP funding has allowed states to pursue a viable strategy of expanded coverage. The move to public-private coordination …

undecided insurance coverage question when the underlying liability case is still pending. The possible litigation options have … serious drawbacks. Resolving the coverage case while the tort suit is pending can in some contexts undermine the insured …'s defense in the tort suit. Yet leaving the coverage claim unresolved throughout the underlying suit raises concerns of …

federal government in achieving universal coverage. Do the same forces stopping reform at the national level also restrict … states? Are the incremental steps that states have taken toward coverage likely to lead to real reform? Analysis of state … turned into a negative diffusion effect or brake on efforts to expand coverage. We are pessimistic about the long …