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Section 1115 Waivers at a Glance: Summary of Recent Medicaid and SCHIP Waiver Activity
This summary of waiver activity is part of the Commission’s monitoring to provide information on how waivers are affecting the uninsured and the coverage provided to low-income Medicaid and SCHIP beneficiaries. It covers Section 1115 waivers submitted since August 2001.
This policy brief provides an overview of recent Section 1115 waivers and a discussion of key issues. The HIFA initiative, combined with state fiscal pressures, have led to an increase in the number of states seeking Section 1115 waivers. Many of these recent waivers stake out new ground in terms of the scope of changes in coverage that they permit.
Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health National Survey of the Public’s Views on Medicare
A national survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health examines the public’s attitudes and opinions on issues related to the Medicare reform and prescription drug debate. The survey also takes a separate look at the differing views of younger and older Americans on this topic.
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Improving access to prenatal care has been a public policy priority in the United States for the past 15 years. This report and issue brief, prepared for the Kaiser Family Foundation by Paula Braveman, M.D. of the University of California, San Francisco and others, examine the impact of the Medicaid pregnancy-related expansions and reforms in California during the late 1980s and 1990s on the use of prenatal care.
National Survey of Women’s Health Care Providers on Reproductive Health: Emergency Contraception
The Kaiser Family Foundation’s 2001 National Survey of Women’s Health Care Providers on Reproductive Health is a national random-sample survey of 790 physicians, including 595 obstetrician and gynecologists and 195 family practice physicians, internists, and general practitioners.
The Cost of Not Covering the Uninsured: Project Highlights
This brief summarizes the Cost of Not Covering the Uninsured Project’s first three analyses and reports by Jack Hadley and John Holahan of The Urban Institute. It covers the consequences of being uninsured, how much the nation already spends on care for the uninsured, and the cost of new medical care spending if the uninsured were covered.
This report provides a basic description of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program’s (FEHBP) structure, benefits, financing, and operations. The report also assesses FEHBP’s recent performance in a variety of areas, including cost increases, benefit changes, access to providers, and risk selection. It concludes with a brief discussion of the implications of the FEHBP experience for Medicare reform proposals.
Dual Enrollees: Medicaid’s Role for Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries
This fact sheet describes the low-income elderly population that is eligible for both Medicaid and Medicare, why they need Medicaid, what services they receive from Medicaid, and the current policy challenges related to this population.
Fact Sheet (.pdf)
This fact sheet provides a snapshot of how much member nations of the G8 are spending to support efforts to address global HIV/AIDS in highly affected countries through programs of prevention, care, and impact mitigation. Included is a summary of bilateral assistance and multilateral assistance through the Global Fund.