This report examines sources of coverage for adults ages 50-64, including issues confronting those not covered through an employer and the impact of the ACA. More

The Creation of American Health Benefit Exchanges,” written by Shelly-Ann Sinclair of the Public Policy Institute, is a fact sheet that provides an overview of this central element of health reform. ... More

PPI Insight on the Issues I48, by Lynn Nonnemaker and Shelly-Ann Sinclair, examines out-of-pocket (OOP) health care spending by Medicare beneficiaries. It measures OOP spending in the context of benef ... More

How four health plans manage members who receive both Medicare and Medicaid. A Research Report by Brian Burwell, Paul Saucier, and Thomson Reuters, and Lina Walker of AARP’s Public Policy Institute. More

This brief summary of a similarly titled AARP Public Policy Institute report by Cindy Parks Thomas of Brandeis University looks at prescription drug use by older adults and its effect on use of non-dr ... More

In recent years, a range of policy ideas has been proposed to make private health insurance more accessible and affordable. This In Brief presents highlights of a report by Linda Blumberg and Tim Wa ... More

Using data from the U.S. Census Bureau's Current population Surveys, this series of annual AARP Public Policy Institute Fact Sheets by Ke Bin Wu has been reporting the income, poverty and health Insur ... More

This research, undertaken over the course of the reform debate of the past year, explores what a number of proposed reforms could mean for the 3 million early retirees, not yet eligible for Medicare ... More

This AARP Public Policy Institute Fact Sheet by Sharon Bee and Mary Jo Gibson provides an overview of key issues in the parity debate about the effort to improve the coverage of mental health care by ... More

This AARP Public Policy Institute Issue Paper by Gail Jensen and Derek Weycker of Wayne State University and Jon Gabel of KPMG Peat Marwick, LLP examines the health insurance coverage of Americans age ... More