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NAF is in the forefront of encouraging a national bipartisan approach to universal coverage.
As part of that effort, NAF asked SHD to prepare a detailed look at strategies for
designing healthcare benefits in an era of healthcare reform.
Balancing Act: Creating a Sustainable Health Care Benefits Package makes the case for active citizen
participation in coverage design and examines the types of trade-offs that policymakers and the
public must consider.
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"There is no issue more important or controversial in the health reform debate
than what should be included in the basic benefit package."
Len Nichols, Director
Health Policy Program
New America Foundation
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With the release of the paper for New America Foundation (previous item), Marge Ginsburg was
featured in an
NAF policy briefing on November 2 in Washington DC.
In her talk, Health Insurance:
What Should Everyone Be Covered For?, Ginsburg presented examples of how those without insurance
had different priorities than the insured. SHD′s
recent work with the California HealthCare Foundation provided the basis for these findings.
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As many states seek ways to expand coverage to the uninsured, SHD′s Just Coverage project
has sparked interest in identifying citizen priorities when resources are limited. Recently,
SHD worked with the Oklahoma Insurance Department to train staff for the launch of its statewide
"OK CHAT" project. SHD also conducted demonstration CHAT sessions with state leaders
in Montana and Louisiana and with the American Leadership Forum in Houston.
CHAT is a computer-based simulation process that requires participants to make choices among
competing health care priorities. SHD has been using CHAT for several projects in California.
Contact SHD if interested in convening a
demonstration session.
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"This exercise forced each of us to explore our personal values on the meaning of basic
coverage -- and brought us far more insight than a discussion about health policy."
Alison Jones
Executive Director
Louisiana Health Care Commission
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