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How is the Affordable Care Act Leading to Changes in Medicaid Today? This policy brief examines how states in every region have responded to five key opportunities available under the health reform law to help them prepare for the significant expansion of Medicaid in 2014. Interactive Quiz Tests Knowledge About The Uninsured Population and the Consequences of Not Having Health Coverage Record numbers of Americans lack health coverage, and the substantial growth of the uninsured population in recent decades was a primary impetus for passage of the Affordable Care Act. Take our new Uninsured Quiz to gauge how much you know about the uninsured population and the consequences of not having health coverage. A Mid-Year State Medicaid Budget Update for FY 2012 & A Look Forward to FY 2013 This update finds that, while most states are on track with their Medicaid budget and enrollment trends for FY 2012, some states are trying to close budget gaps by making mid-year revisions. The report, based on structured discussions with leading Medicaid directors, builds on findings from the most recent comprehensive 50-state Medicaid budget survey. Faces of Medicaid: Online Resource Profiles Medicaid Beneficiaries Faces of Medicaid profiles 16 individuals and families from around the U.S. who are among the 60 million people nationally enrolled in Medicaid, which finances health insurance and long-term care coverage for low-income individuals and families. Medicaid is a key focus of federal deficit reduction efforts and also a major component of the coverage expansion in the health reform law. New Papers Examine Efforts To Create New Service Delivery And Payment Models To Integrate Care For Dual Eligibles A policy brief describes significant characteristics of CMS's capitated financial alignment model for dual eligibles and summarizes key dates in the state demonstration approval and plan selection processes. A second paper looks at Massachusetts' proposal to CMS to create an integrated service delivery and payment model in that state.

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The Massachusetts Health Care Landscape -- May 2012

How is the Affordable Care Act Leading to Changes in Medicaid Today? State Responses to Five New Options -- May 2012

Decoding Medicaid Care Delivery and Financing Models: A Glossary of Widely Used Terms -- May 2012

Health Care Use and Chronic Conditions Among Childless Adult Medicaid Enrollees in Arizona -- May 2012

Understanding The Medicaid And CHIP Maintenance of Eligibility Requirements -- May 2012

Enrollment-Driven Expenditure Growth: Medicaid Spending during the Economic Downturn, FFY2007-2010 -- May 2012

Five Key Questions About Medicaid And Its Role in State/Federal Budgets and Health Reform - Fact Sheet -- May 2012

5 Key Questions and Answers About Medicaid -- May 2012

Uninsured Quiz -- April 2012

The Diversity of Dual Eligible Beneficiaries: An Examination of Services and Spending for People Eligible for Both Medicaid and Medicare -- April 2012

This fact sheet summarizes the Massachusetts health care landscape, including data on demographics, population health, the uninsured and the state Medicaid program.

This policy brief examines how states in every region have responded to five key opportunities available under the health reform law to help them prepare for the significant expansion of Medicaid in 2014.

This glossary seeks to clarify and define the terms that are widely used to describe the diverse approaches that states are taking to reform the way they organize and pay for care for Medicaid beneficiaries.

Based on 2007 Medicaid claims data in Arizona, this report provides an analysis of health care utilization and health conditions for childless adults and compares them with parents and adults with disabilities. Understanding the health care use and needs of low-income childless adults can help inform other states’ efforts to care for these adults under the Medicaid expansion in 2014.

This fact sheet examines the provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) that require states to maintain eligibility and enrollment standards for Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program. These maintenance of eligibility (MOE) provisions were designed to keep Medicaid and CHIP coverage stable until coverage expands under the health reform law.

This report presents data on changes in Medicaid's enrollment and spending between federal fiscal year 2007 and federal fiscal year 2010, a period which includes the worst economic downturn in the United States since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

This fact sheet highlights key issues about Medicaid, including the structure, financing and purpose of the program, its role for low-income beneficiaries, its share of the federal budget and state budgets, and the significant implications of the coverage expansion under the Affordable Care Act.

This chartpack addresses five key questions about Medicaid.

Take the Uninsured Quiz to gauge how much you know about the uninsured population and the consequences of not having health coverage.

This issue brief analyzes linked Medicare and Medicaid data to examine dual eligibles' utilization and spending in both programs in 2007.

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