Mathematica evaluated five health care reform proposals for the state of Washington in 2008. The proposals featured, respectively: reduced regulation in the current market; Massachusetts-style insurance reforms with a health insurance connector; a health partnership program similar to the...

Mathematica evaluated five health care reform proposals for the state of Washington in 2008. The proposals featured, respectively: reduced regulation in the current market; Massachusetts-style insurance reforms with a health insurance connector; a health partnership program similar to the...

This brief examines CKF’s work in Washington State, one of only a handful of states that has achieved near-universal health insurance coverage for children. The study finds parallels between the current weak economy and Washington's economy in 2002; CKF's response at that time was to focus on...

Healthy People 2010 identified eliminating health disparities as one of two overarching goals for the U.S., along with increasing quality and years of healthy life. This report examines North Carolina and Washington, two states that are making notable use of data to address disparities....

In Washington State, association health plans operate under different regulations from the traditional insurance market, allowing carriers to separate and select risk. To help assess the relationship between these plans and the community-rated small-group market, this report offers an analysis...

The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Public-Private Initiative (APPI) evaluation is a retrospective mixed-methods study designed to answer a central question: “Can a multifaceted, scalable, community-based empowerment strategy focused on mitigating or preventing ACEs succeed in...