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Covering the uninsured and expanding choice

Listed below are direct links to Council on Medical Service (CMS) reports from June 1998 to the present related to expanding health insurance coverage and patients' choice of health plans. The recommendations in these reports reflect the final actions of the AMA House of Delegates and are official AMA policy.

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Tax Implications of Eliminating the Employee Income Tax Exclusion for Employer-Sponsored Insurance (PDF, 75KB)
CMS Report 5, A-08

Standardizing AMA Policy on the Tax Treatment of Health Insurance (PDF, 58KB)
CMS Report 8, A-08

Health Insurance Coverage of High-Risk Patients (PDF, 62KB)
CMS Report 2, I-07

State Efforts to Expand Coverage to the Uninsured (PDF, 50KB)
CMS Report 3, I-07

Trends in Employment-Based Health Insurance (PDF, 47KB)
CMS Report 4, I-07

Health Insurance Subsidies: Tax Deductions and Tax Credits (PDF, 47KB)
CMS Report 5, I-07

No Child Left Uninsured (PDF, 39KB)
CMS Report 1, A-07

Financial Impact of Immigration on American Health System (PDF, 31KB)
CMS Report 3, A-07

Health Insurance Coverage for College Students (PDF, 44KB)
CMS Report 4, A-07

Update on Store-Based Health Clinics (PDF, 46KB)
CMS Report 5, A-07

Adequacy of Health Insurance Coverage (PDF, 46KB)
CMS Report 7, A-07

Expanding Health Insurance Coverage to the Uninsured: 2007 and Beyond (PDF, 64KB)
CMS Report 5, I-06

Individual Responsibility to Obtain Health Insurance (PDF, 66KB)
CMS Report 3, A-06

Status Report on Expanding Health Care Coverage to All Individuals, with an Emphasis on the Uninsured (PDF, 71KB)
CMS Report 1, I-05

Reinsurance and the Health Insurance Market (PDF, 55KB)
CMS Report 4, I-05

Association Health Plans (PDF, 62KB)
CMS Report 5, I-05

State Options to Improve Coverage for the Poor (PDF, 85KB)
CMS Report 1, A-05

Containing Catastrophic Care Cost (PDF, 180KB)
CMS Report 5, A-05

Update on the Individual Health Insurance Market (PDF, 50KB)
CMS Report 6, A-05

Options for Implementing and Financing Tax Credits for Individually Selected and Owned Health Insurance (PDF, 27KB)
CMS Report 4, I-04

Private Sector Options for Financing Long-Term Care (PDF, 116KB)
CMS Report 5, I-04

Comparing Health Insurance Premium Subsidies and Tax Credits (PDF, 97KB)
CMS Report 2, A-04

Federal Health Insurance Reserve System (PDF, 179KB)
CMS Report 3, A-04

Health Savings Accounts (PDF, 232KB)
CMS Report 6, A-04

Health Reimbursement Arrangements (PDF, 102KB)
CMS Report 3, I-03

Establishing Multi-Year Mutual MSA Trust Accounts (PDF, 102KB)
CMS Report 2, A-03

Health Care Benefit Discrepancies for Small Employers Under COBRA (PDF, 131KB)
CMS Report 3, A-03

Health Insurance Market Regulation (PDF, 162KB)
CMS Report 7, A-03

Health Coverage Tax Credit Program Under the Trade Act of 2002 (PDF, 83KB)
CMS Report 11, A-03

Medical Savings Accounts and Health Care Coverage of Dependents and Children (PDF, 136KB)
CMS Report 3, I-02

Tax Relief for Physicians Serving Uninsured and Underinsured Patients (PDF, 88KB)
CMS Report 5, I-02

Hospital and Physician Payment for Uncompensated Care, Teaching, and Research (PDF, 94KB)
CMS Report 7, I-02

Review of U.S. Health System Financing (PDF, 95KB)
CMS Report 8, I-02

Coverage for Periodic Preventive Medical Evaluations and Services (Word, 39KB)
CMS Report 3, A-02

Impact of Eliminating the Current Threshold for Deductibility of Medical Expenses (Word, 528KB)
CMS Report 5, A-02

Advocating Health Insurance Tax Credits (Word, 54KB)
CMS Report 10, A-02

Transitional Issues in Moving Toward a System of Individually Selected and Owned Health Insurance (Word, 75KB)
CMS Report 2, I-01

The Effects of Individually-Owned Health Insurance on Risk Pooling and Cross-Subsidization (Word, 62KB)
CMS Report 3, A-01

Evolving Internet-Based Health Insurance Marts (Word, 39KB)
CMS Report 5, A-01

Status Report on Expanding Coverage to the Uninsured (Word, 59KB)
CMS Report 6, A-01

Uninsured Immigrants (Word, 32KB)
CMS Report 8, A-01

Principles for Structuring Health Insurance Tax Credits (Word, 177KB)
CMS Report 4, A-00

Benefits and Limitations of an Individual Mandate for Individually Owned Health Insurance (Word, 94KB)
CMS Report 5, A-00

Insurance Coverage for Adults with Childhood Diseases (Word, 48KB)
CMS Report 2, I-99

The Future of Medicaid (Word, 65KB)
CMS Report 5, I-99

Critical Expansion of Medical Savings Accounts (Word, 30KB)
CMS Report 10, I-99

Tax Credit Simulation Project (Word, 400KB)
CMS Report 16, I-99

Status Report on Increasing Access to the Uninsured (Word, 132KB)
CMS Report 2, A-99

Employer Purchasing Alliances: An Evolutionary Step Toward "Voluntary Choice Cooperative" Under Individually Selected and Owned Health Insurance (Word, 100KB)
CMS Report 5, A-99

Relative Value Unit Based Reimbursement (Word, 49KB)
CMS Report 12, A-99

Health Insurance for Domestic Partners (Word, 58KB)
CMS Report 3, I-98

Defining the Uninsured and Underinsured (Word, 53KB)
CMS Report 15, I-98

Increasing Access to Health Care Services for Children Through the Use of Tax Credits or Deductions (Word, 33KB)
CMS Report 2, A-98

Individually Selected and Owned Health Insurance (Word, 153KB)
CMS Report 9, A-98

Adverse Selection Against Generous Health Insurance Under Defined Contribution Systems (Word, 77KB)
CMS Report 11, A-98

Consumer-Driven Health Care (Word, 13KB)
CMS Report 12, A-98

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