From Incremental to Comprehensive Health Insurance Reform: How Various Reform Options Compare on Coverage and Costs

This report analyzes how eight health care reform packages intended to address the current system’s shortcomings affect health insurance coverage and spending by government, households, and employers. We start with a set of incremental improvements to the ACA, similar to some of those in the Consumer Health Insurance Protection Act of 2019, and end with a single-payer-type comprehensive reform similar to the Medicare for All Act of 2019