Universal Health Coverage is a powerful framework for a nation aiming to protect their population against health risks. However, countries face multiple challenges in implementing, achieving and sustaining UHC strategies. Sharing and learning from diverse country experiences may enable to foster...

California's Health-e-App Public Access (HeA PA) system enables low-income families to apply online for publicly funded children's health insurance. Findings from a study funded by the California Healthcare Foundation and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation have implications for Affordable...

This brief presents the views of certified application assistants on barriers to the use of California's Health-e-App Public Access, a self-service online enrollment system for Healthy Families and Medicaid, and the potential role they could play in raising awareness of the system.

This is the second brief in a series about the first year of California’s Health-e-App Public Access (HeA PA) self-service, public health benefits enrollment system, following its introduction in December 2010. It describes HeA PA applicants and their experiences with the tool. Findings...

This is the third brief in a series about the first year of California’s Health-e-App Public Access (HeA PA) enrollment system, introduced in December 2010. Available in English and Spanish, HeA PA was a self-service online application for the Healthy Families Program and a screening tool...

This paper was developed for World Bank task team leaders (TTLs) and teams designing results-based financing (RBF) programs in family planning (FP). It explores the rationale for introducing such incentives based on insights from classical and behavioral economics, to respond to supply- and...

Health-e-App Public Access (HeA PA) is a self-service, online application for California's Healthy Families Program. This research brief describes the potential benefits of HeA PA for applicants and the state enrollment system, as well as use of the tool during its first year. The study found...

EEUUenfrenta ahora otra de sus crisis después de la recesión.El sistema de salud aún es ineficiente, inaccesible,de baja calidad y además costoso.EEUU gasta el doble en salud pero la cobertura es baja, la expectativa de vidaes menor y las empresas cada vez son menos competitivas. Hoy se...

This study estimates rates of all forms of health insurance coverage for workers aged 18 to 64, by wage quintiles, over the past three decades. This analysis looks at health insurance from any source, while other reports (with rare exceptions) look at only employer-provided health coverage. This...