Are We Holding the Line on Health Coverage for Low-Income Families?


The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured sponsored a policy briefing releasing a new survey of the states showing that as states struggle with their worst fiscal crisis since World War II, health coverage for low-income families may be at risk. The report finds that state actions in the past several years to simplify enrollment procedures and expand eligibility for coverage may have plateaued with some actions a harbinger of future problems.

• News Release 
  
  
• Presentation Slides 
  
  
• Executive Summary: Preserving Recent Progress on Health Coverage for Children and Parents: New Tensions Emerge 
  
  
• Preserving Recent Progress on Health Coverage for Children and Parents: New Tensions Emerge (Full Report) 
  
  
• The Health Insurance Status of Low-Income Children and Their Parents: Recent Trends in Coverage and State-Level Data 
  
  
• SCHIP Program Enrollment: December 2002 Update 
  
  
• Medicaid Enrollment in the 50 States: A June 2002 Data Update 
  
  
• Enrolling Children and Families in Health Coverage: The Promise of Doing More (50 State Survey as of January 2002) 
  
  
• Making It Simple: Medicaid for Children and CHIP Income Eligibility Guidelines and Enrollment Procedures (50 State Survey as of July 2000) 
  
  
• View a webcast of this policy briefing.