The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation has posted a side-by-side comparison of the House and Senate health care reform bills, available here.
The report compares the two bills with respect to their overall approach to health care financing reform, the individual mandate to purchase insurance, employer requirements to either provide insurance or pay a fee, the expansion of Medicaid and CHIP, health insurance premium subsidies to individuals and employers, tax changes, insurance pooling mechanisms, design of health insurance benefits, other changes to private health insurance plans, the role of the states in managing insurance exchanges and regulating the health insurance industry, cost containment mechanisms, programs for improving the quality of medical care, programs for fostering preventive care and wellness, provision for voluntary long-term care insurance, additional spending on Medicare and physician training, and how each bill is financed.
As always, the KFF does a beautiful job of presenting useful information about health care reform in a concise manner and a practical format.
Visit Professor Huhn's website on health care financing reform for links to information about proposed legislation, studies and reports, public agencies, and private organizations concerned with this issue.
