The Uninsured in Rural America
Summarizes the number of uninsured individuals in rural America, who they are, and the barriers to coverage they experience.
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Immigrants’ Health Coverage and Access
ReportNew and recent publications on immigrant health policy explore some of the complex problems the country faces in expanding health coverage to immigrants and provide basic statistics and facts on the current status of their health care.
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President Bush’s Budget: An Overview of Health Programs
Other PostPresident Bush's Budget: An Overview of Health Programs A new Foundation presentation provides an overview of President Bush s federal budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2002, focusing on its impact on health programs.
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Incremental Ways to Cover the Uninsured
Other PostThe Kaiser Commission co-sponsored a policy briefing on America's uninsured population and potential models for coverage expansion. Expanding public programs and providing tax credits are both being discussed as ways to cover some of the 42 million uninsured Americans. A link to the webcast and related resources is provided.
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In Their Own Words: Family Profiles
Other PostIn Their Own Words: Family Profiles As the U.S. Congress and state legislatures explore policies to cover the uninsured, the Commission has profiled four families with uninsured members, including their family budgets, to better understand how specific policy ideas will practically affect typical uninsured Americans.
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Access to Care for S-CHIP Adolescents
ReportThe second in a series of reports on implementation issues and challenges in the first year of S-CHIP finds that the five study states have not focused special attention on the unique service needs of this age group, such as risk assessment and counseling, reproductive and sexual health services, and mental health services, when designing…
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Medicaid Overview: Briefing Charts
ReportComplements the Medicaid primer by providing basic information and statistics about the program through a series of charts.
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Health Coverage for Low-Income Children
Fact SheetThis fact sheet, last updated in March 2001, discusses health insurance status of low-income children and reviews current programs to provide coverage to this population.
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Medicaid Managed Care for Dual Eligibles: State Profiles
ReportOver half a million duals were enrolled in Medicaid managed care programs in 1999. This report summarizes these efforts across the nation and profiles initiatives in each state.
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Medicaid Managed Care for Dual Eligibles: Case Studies of Programs in Georgia, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania
ReportThis report, a companion piece to publication #2246, presents detailed case studies of the managed care programs that enroll dual eligibles in three states: Georgia, Minnesota and Pennsylvania.