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  • A Historical Review of How States Have Responded to the Availability of Federal Funds for Health Coverage

    Issue Brief

    This historical review finds that the availability of federal funds has served as an effective incentive for states to provide health coverage to meet the health and long-term care needs of their low-income residents despite state budget pressures. The brief examines the history of earlier experiences and provides important context for how states may respond as they weigh the costs and benefits of expanding their Medicaid programs in 2014 as called for under the Affordable Care Act.

  • Summary of Coverage Provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

    Issue Brief

    This short summary describes the health coverage provisions contained in the final version of the Affordable Care Act signed into law in March 2010, including the individual mandate requirements, expansion of public programs, health insurance exchanges, changes to private insurance and employer requirements.

  • Program Integrity in Medicaid: A Primer

    Issue Brief

    Medicaid covers more than 60 million Americans and accounts for about one in six dollars spent on health care in the United States.

  • A Guide to the Supreme Court’s Affordable Care Act Decision

    Issue Brief

    This policy brief describes the Supreme Court's decision on the Affordable Care Act and looks ahead to the implementation of health reform now that questions about the constitutionality of the law have been resolved. Brief (.

  • Infographic: Medicaid Spending & Enrollment

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    This infographic illustrates that while the majority of people served by Medicaid are children and families, most Medicaid spending – two of every three dollars – goes to care for elderly enrollees and people with disabilities.

  • Oral Health and Low-Income Nonelderly Adults: A Review of Coverage and Access

    Issue Brief

    This policy brief provides data and analysis of coverage and access to oral health care for low-income nonelderly adults. Lack of resources to pay for dental services, either through dental insurance or out-of-pocket, is a major barrier to oral health care for many low-income Americans.

  • Filling the Gaps: Dental Care, Coverage and Access

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    While the Affordable Care Act is expected to expand public and private coverage for children when it takes effect in 2014, significant gaps will remain, especially for low-income adults age 21 and older. This June 19, 2012, a public forum at the Foundation's Washington, D.C.