Changes in Characteristics, Needs, and Payment for Care of Elderly Nursing Home Residents: 1999 to 2004
The proportion of elderly adults over age 65 in nursing homes has declined over the past two decades, most noticeably in recent years.
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Massachusetts Health Care Reform Plan – An Update
Fact SheetMassachusetts' law to cover their uninsured population combines an individual mandate on the purchase of health insurance with government subsidies to ensure affordability. Full implementation of the plan is expected by July 1, 2007. This fact sheet summarizes the plan and its implications. Fact Sheet (.
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Health Insurance Coverage and Access to Care for Low-Income Non-Citizen Adults
Issue BriefThis brief analyzes health insurance coverage and access for low-income non-citizen adults and discusses provider insights into the obstacles this population faces in obtaining coverage and receiving care. Overall, non-citizen adults account for just under one-fourth of all non-elderly uninsured adults.
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Spotlight on Uninsured Parents: How a Lack of Coverage Affects Parents and Their Families
Issue BriefProviding health coverage for the entire family can both help to increase coverage of children and assist low-income families in obtaining more affordable health care services.
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The New Medicaid Integrity Program: Issues and Challenges in Ensuring Program Integrity in Medicaid
ReportThis paper analyzes the Medicaid Integrity Program, a new federal effort within the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that was enacted as part of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 to ensure program integrity in Medicaid.
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The Affordable Choices Initiative: An Overview
Fact SheetThe President's Affordable Choices initiative would permit states to redirect funds paid to hospitals and other health care institutions to initiatives that would provide the uninsured with private insurance. This fact sheet provides an overview of the fiscal year 2008 budget initiative. Fact Sheet (.
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Fact Sheets Summarize President’s Budget Proposals for Health Insurance Coverage, Including Medicaid and SCHIP
Fact SheetFact Sheets Summarize President's Budget Proposals for Health Insurance Coverage, Including Medicaid and SCHIP The President's fiscal year 2008 budget proposal includes changes to Medicaid, provisions for the reauthorization of SCHIP, and the health coverage initiative, Affordable Choices. These fact sheets provide an overview of President Bush's policy plans on these health coverage issues.
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Perspectives on Medicare Part D and Dual Eligibles: Key Informants’ Views From Three States
ReportIn 2006, low-income individuals receiving health coverage through both the Medicaid and Medicare programs, “dual eligibles,” experienced a change in their prescription drug benefit when their Medicaid prescription coverage was replaced by the Medicare prescription drug program known as Medicare Part D.
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E-Health Snapshot: Harnessing Technology To Improve Medicaid and SCHIP Enrollment and Retention Practices
ReportInformation technology holds considerable promise for improving outreach to families with uninsured children, getting them enrolled in Medicaid and SCHIP and keeping them covered. This report documents the promising practices underway across the country to use technology to make enrollment and renewal more efficient, more responsive to family needs and more accountable to the public.
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Enrolling Children in Medicaid and SCHIP: Insights From Focus Groups With Low-Income Parents
ReportThis focus group report explores the perceptions, motivations, and experiences of low-income parents enrolling their children in Medicaid and SCHIP. The 11 focus groups were conducted in Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles and Miami in early 2007. Report (.