Medicaid Coverage During a Time of Rising Unemployment
A new brief policy analysis illustrates the relationship between rising unemployment and increased Medicaid enrollment and spending.
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Medicaid and Managed Care
Fact SheetThis fact sheet provides an overview of the Medicaid program's increasing reliance on managed care to deliver services.
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Trends in Health Plans Serving Medicaid — 2000 Data Update
ReportAn updated study follows trends in commercial health plan participation in Medicaid managed care and includes new analyses on the performance of Medicaid-dominated and commercial plans on measures of effective care and access to care, and on the extent to which plans restrict their Medicaid service areas.
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Issues Related to Unspent S-CHIP Money
Issue BriefA new policy brief discusses issues involving over $11 billion of S-CHIP funds that states have not spent. It has been proposed that states could apply to use the funds for unemployed workers in these tough economic times.
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The Role of Medicaid in State Budgets
Issue BriefA new policy brief examines the role of Medicaid in state budgets, the reasons behind rising growth in the program, and explores strategies for states to cope with higher spending in tough economic times.
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Health Insurance for Unemployed Workers
Event Date:EventSubmitted testimony of Diane Rowland, executive director of the Commission, about health insurance options for unemployed workers. She was scheduled to testify to the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, but the hearing was postponed.
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Medicaid and State Budgets: An October 2001 Update
ReportAn update to "Medicaid Budgets Under Stress: Survey Findings for State Fiscal Year 2000, 2001, and 2002." This paper was commissioned to evaluate how several states' fiscal outlooks have changed since September 11.
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Covering Parents through Medicaid and SCHIP: Potential Benefits to Low-Income Parents and Children
ReportA new report examines state efforts to expand Medicaid and SCHIP coverage to low-income parents and assesses the potential impact of insurance coverage for parents on access to care for themselves and their children.
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COBRA Coverage for Low-Income Unemployed Workers
Fact SheetSummarizes the COBRA health coverage law, how it is administered, what its limitations are, and how it impacts low-income workers.
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Pieces of the Puzzle
ReportA new report describes the Report to Congress by the Department of Health and Human Services on consumer protection and quality assurance requirements for Medicaid managed care and discusses the differences between the original Federal rule and the revised one.