Health reform initiatives will have differential effects on states. In
general, states with more extensive poverty, higher budget shortfalls, lower
eligibility levels for public programs, higher rates of uninsured, and more
primary care shortages, will be more heavily impacted.
This chartbook
pulls together data related to state variation in key areas such as major
industry types, poverty and unemployment rates and fiscal conditions; health
coverage and the uninsured; Medicaid and CHIP eligibility and enrollment;
Medicaid spending and financing; access to Health Care; health care costs; and
insurance markets
Online Chartbook