Quantitative Resources
Curious about how a public option might impact the uninsured rate, health care spending, and premiums? Check out our quantitative resources, which feature the latest data and analysis of public option proposals.
- What the Data Say About Offering Public Option Plans to Workers with Employer-Sponsored Insurance (Center on Health Insurance Reforms, 2022)
- Comparing Public Option and Capped Provider Payment Rate Proposals (Urban Institute, 2021)
- Designing a Public Option That Would Reduce Health Care Provider Prices (USC-Brookings, 2021)
- Filling the Medicaid Gap with a Public Option (Urban Institute, 2021)
- Introducing a Public Option or Capped Provider Payment Rates into Concentrated Insurer and Hospital Markets (Urban Institute, 2021)
- Introducing a Public Option or Capped Provider Payment Rates into Private Insurance Markets: Updated Estimates (Urban Institute, 2021)
- Public Option and Capped Provider Payment Rate Proposals That Exempt Rural Areas (Urban Institute, 2021)
- Rationalizing a Medicare Buy-In Policy (Urban Institute, 2021)
- Reducing Private Insurance Hospital Payments Will Require a Lengthy Phase-In Period (Urban Institute, 2021)
- Which Hospitals Could Be Financially Affected by a Public Option (Urban Institute, 2021)
- A Case Study on the Actuarial Implications of a Medicare Advantage Buy-In Option for Older Adults (Milliman, 2020)
- Capping Prices or Creating a Public Option: How Would They Change What We Pay for Health Care? (USC-Brookings, 2020)
- Economic Headwinds and a Public Option (American Action Forum, 2020)
- Effects of a Public Option on Health Insurance Costs and Coverage (RAND, 2020)
- Estimating the Impact of a Public Option or Capping Provider Payment Rates (Urban Institute, 2020)
- Introducing a Public Option or Capped Provider Payment Rates into Private Insurance Markets (Urban Institute, 2020)
- Options for Designing a Public Option (RAND, 2020)
- Primary Care: Estimating Leading Democratic Candidates’ Health Plans (Committee for a Responsible Budget, 2020)
- Public Options for Individual Health Insurance (RAND, 2020)
- Reducing Prescription Drug Costs: Policy Options for a Public Plan (Urban Institute, 2020)
- The Effects of Medicare Buy-In Policies for Older Adults on Health Insurance Coverage and Health Care Spending (Urban Institute, 2020)
- Comparing Health Insurance Reform Options: From “Building on the ACA” to Single Payer (Urban Institute & The Commonwealth Fund, 2019)
- From Incremental to Comprehensive Health Insurance Reform: How Various Reform Options Compare on Coverage and Costs (Urban Institute & The Commonwealth Fund, 2019)
- The Healthy America Program, An Update and Additional Options (Urban Institute, 2019)
- Is There Potential for a Public Option to Reduce Premiums of Competing Insurers? (Urban Institute, 2019)
- Medicare for 50-to-64-Year-Olds (RAND, 2019)
- The Healthy America Program Building on the Best of Medicare and the Affordable Care Act (Urban Institute, 2018)
- What Does a Public Option Do? Evidence from California (Emory University, 2023)
- Options to Increase Health Coverage in West Virginia (Urban Institute, 2023)
- Increasing Subsidies and Expanding Health Insurance Options in Connecticut (RAND, 2022)
- Low Cost Carriers in ACA: Insights from the 2018-2021 Market Experience 2022 (Wakely, 2022)
- Feasibility Report for Coverage Affordability Initiatives in Illinois (State of Illinois, 2021)
- Participation, Pricing, and Enrollment in a Health Insurance “Public Option”: Evidence From Washington State’s Cascade Care Program (Milbank Quarterly, 2021)
- Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 10 Study: Evaluating Public Health Insurance Plan Options for Nevada Residents (Manatt, 2021)
- Options to Increase Heath Coverage in West Virginia (Urban Institute, 2023)
- Oregon Public Option Report: An Evaluation and Comparison of Proposed Delivery Models (Manatt, 2020)
- Quantitative Evaluation of a Targeted Medicaid Buy-In for New Mexico (Manatt, 2019)
- A Promising Strategy for an Affordable Medicaid Buy-In Option in Colorado (Manatt, 2018)