The Urban Institute released a report examining the impact that health reform would have on states, such as varying rates of uninsurance, expanding eligibility for Medicaid, increased CHIP enrollment and health insurance exchanges.

From the summary:

The prospects of health reform were dealt a serious blow with the Massachusetts election. Nonetheless, the cost of failure for our nation’s economy is also daunting and at this point in time some compromise between the House and Senate bills remains possible. Thus it remains important to show the effect of health reform on people in individual states. In this paper, we examine various pathways through which individuals could gain coverage because of the health reform proposals that have passed the Senate and the House of Representatives. The essence of the health reforms are to expand Medicaid eligibility for those with incomes below 133 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL)—150 percent of the FPL in the House bill—and to provide income-related subsidies for the purchase of coverage through the new health insurance exchanges to those with incomes between 100 and 400 percent of the FPL (133 to 400 percent of the FPL under the House bill). All those with incomes above 100 percent of the FPL, including those with higher incomes ineligible for subsidies, could potentially benefit from the insurance exchanges and the extensive insurance reforms envisioned.

Full report: How Would States Be Affected by Health Reform? (PDF | 1.35 MB)

The Urban Institute. (2010). How would states be affected by health reform? Timely analysis of immediate health policy issues. Holahan, J. and Blumberg, L.