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This policy brief examines the projected impact of a 5% expenditure growth cap on Medicaid expenditures over the period 1996 to 2002. It highlights the differential implications that would result under this type of proposal.
This policy brief explains the current Medicaid financing arrangements between federal, state and local governments, examines the role of Medicaid in federal and state budgets, and identifies severalimportant considerations on evaluating proposals to limit federal Medicaid spending.
Medicaid, jointly financed by state and federal governments, is made up of over 50 separate programs with disparate populations covered and services offered.
TennCare represents one of the most ambitious state-level efforts to restructure Medicaid and expand insurance coverage to the uninsured. The case study shows that the rapid change caused considerable confusion for patients, providers, and health plans. The TennCare experience provides early insights into the issues that states will face as they move to enroll more of their low-income populations into managed care arrangements.
This paper analyzes changes in insurance coverage that have occurred at the national level between 1988 and 1994.
This paper analyzes the rapid growth in the Medicaid program during the 1988 - 1992 period. It also explains the dramatic slowdown on growth that occurred in 1993 and suggests a likely course of Medicaid expenditure increases over the remainder of the decade.
To gather early insights and timely information for state and federal policymakers concerning how the movement to managed care is affecting the poor and their access to care, the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and The Commonwealth Fund are jointly sponsoring case studies and population surveys in California, Minnesota, New York, Oregon, and Tennessee.
This case study describes the first year's experience of Tennessee's initiative, TennCare. The TennCare experience provides early insights into the issues that states will face as they move to enroll more of their low-income populations into managed care arrangements.
This paper presents the results of a survey of 39 states and their DSH payments and the special financing arrangements in those states.
A review of the progress toward the goal of universal coverage in six states -- Florida, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oregon, and Washington.
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