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  • Covering New Americans:  A Review of Federal and State Policies Related to Immigrants’ Eligibility and Access to Publicly Funded Health Insurance

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    Covering New Americans: A Review of Federal and State Policies Related to Immigrants' Eligibility and Access to Publicly Funded Health Insurance This brief provides an overview of health coverage challenges facing immigrants, the federal rules regarding immigrants’ eligibility for Medicaid and SCHIP, and state efforts to provide replacement coverage for immigrants who are ineligible for Medicaid and SCHIP. Report (.pdf)

  • Two New Reports Show Progress On Health Coverage Is Threatened As States Continue To Face Growing Pressures To Control Costs

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    Two New Reports Show Progress on Health Coverage is Threatened as States Continue to Face Growing Pressures to Control Costs Two new KCMU 50-state surveys show states continue to face budget pressures that could limit public coverage. One survey shows all states plan more Medicaid cost-containment actions in FY2005 and the second shows that after recent gains, securing Medicaid and SCHIP coverage is more difficult for low-income families in 23 states. News Release The Continuing…

  • Medicaid Disease Management: Issues and Promises

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    This issue paper presents information from nine states that have developed and implemented disease management programs for adult Medicaid enrollees with chronic conditions such as asthma, diabetes, and congestive heart failure, or who are trying to manage these populations through capitated managed care. It examines the motivations, goals, strategies and impact of these state efforts, in addition to describing the details of their initiatives. Issue Paper (.pdf)

  • New Reports Analyze Latest Trends in Uninsured Population and Health Coverage

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    New reports show that between 2000 and 2003 the number of uninsured rose 5.1 million, with the number of uninsured children dropping due to Medicaid and SCHIP coverage and the number of uninsured adults rising due to a decline in employer coverage. The Economic Downturn and Changes in Health Insurance Coverage, 2000-2003 Health Insurance Coverage in America: 2003 Data Update Highlights (.pdf) Webcast of briefing

  • Building an On-Ramp to Children’s Health Coverage:  A Report on California’s Express Lane Eligibility Program

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    Building an On-Ramp to Children's Health Coverage: A Report on California's Express Lane Eligibility Program This report documents the results from California’s Express Lane Eligibility (ELE) initiative through the school lunch program (now one year into implementation), which has been piloted in 72 schools in 5 school districts in the state. ELE is an enrollment strategy that targets large numbers of uninsured children, who are eligible for the federal-state programs Medicaid and SCHIP, where they…

  • The Economic Downturn and Changes in Health Insurance Coverage, 2000-2003

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    This report shows that number of uninsured Americans under age 65 increased by 5.1 million between 2000-2003 largely driven by continuing declines in employer sponsored insurance. For children, this decline was more than offset by increases in enrollment in Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), resulting in a decrease in the number of children without coverage. The same growth in public coverage did not occur for adults, and as a result all…

  • States’ Role in Administering the New Part D Low-Income Subsidy Program: A Conference Call Discussion

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    States' Role in Administering the New Part D Low-Income Subsidy Program: A Conference Call Discussion The Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) created a major new subsidy program for an estimated 14 million low-income Medicare beneficiaries that will provide assistance with their cost-sharing obligations under the Part D drug benefit. The MMA requires state Medicaid agencies, along with the Social Security Administration (SSA), to accept applications for the new low-income subsidy. MMA also specifies that people who…