Description: Projecting start-up capital requirements for Health care co-ops and public plans

Description: Summary of House of Representatives Tri-Committee Bill – H.R. 3200.

Description: The paper addresses the issue of cost-sharing reductions under the Affordable Care Act.

Description: This analysis provides an overview of the functional components of the managed care system. It discusses the market forces underlying the United States’ system for health care financing and delivery and suggests how market forces impact the health care industry. The analysis focuses on societal goals for health care delivery and on managed care’s effectiveness in enabling achievement of those goals. The analysis develops and uses an innovative model developed to summarize the complex interplay among the many stakeholders, or participants, in the health care system. The model provides a framework for analysis of the many relationships among stakeholders. The analysis also highlights current issues in managed care, particularly the barriers that impede collaboration among stakeholders.