Proposed Medicaid Expansion in Utah
This fact sheet provides a summary of the proposal to expand Medicaid in Utah. This has not been officially submitted to CMS and needs state legislative approval before it could be implemented.
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More Than Four in Ten Uninsured Don’t Know Basic Health Insurance Terms, Fewer Understand Complex Coverage Concepts
News ReleaseKaiser Family Foundation Provides Consumer Resources to Fill Knowledge Gaps as the Second Open Enrollment Period Nears for the Affordable Care Act’s Marketplaces With open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance marketplaces days away, findings from a new Kaiser Family Foundation survey suggest that some people who stand to benefit from the law struggle to understand how coverage works. The survey finds more than four in 10 uninsured people could not correctly identify…
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Assessing Americans’ Familiarity With Health Insurance Terms and Concepts
Poll FindingWith the approaching launch of the second open enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) health insurance marketplaces and at a time when open enrollment is also happening for many job-based plans, the Kaiser Family Foundation conducted a nationally representative survey of 1,292 U.S. adults to shed light on Americans’ understanding of basic health insurance terms and concepts, and to identify gaps in awareness that could lead to difficulties for some individuals as they…
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Benefits and Cost-Sharing for Working People with Disabilities in Medicaid and the Marketplace
Issue BriefThis issue brief uses hypothetical examples of working people with disabilities to illustrate the experiences they might have with Medicaid and Marketplace coverage in four states (California, Kentucky, New Jersey, and Ohio), with a focus on benefits that are typically important to people with disabilities.
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Modern Era Medicaid: Findings from a 50-State Survey of Eligibility, Enrollment, Renewal, and Cost-Sharing Policies in Medicaid and CHIP as of January 2015
ReportThis 13th annual 50-state survey of Medicaid and CHIP eligibility, enrollment, renewal, and cost-sharing policies as of January 2015 provides a snapshot of state Medicaid and CHIP policies in place one year into the post-ACA era.
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How Does Gaining Coverage Affect People’s Lives? Access, Utilization, and Financial Security among Newly Insured Adults
Issue BriefUsing findings from the 2014 Kaiser Survey of Low-Income Americans and the ACA, this report focuses on the low- and middle-income newly insured in 2014, comparing them to the previously insured and they uninsured. It examines the compositions of these groups, as well as their access to care, financial security, and opinions on their coverage.
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Awaiting New Medicaid Managed Care Rules: Key Issues to Watch
Issue BriefMore than half of all Medicaid beneficiaries now receive their services in risk-based managed care plans, and states’ use of managed care is expanding. States operate their own Medicaid managed care programs within federal rules and requirements. The federal regulations were last updated in 2002 and a new proposed rule is expected in Spring 2015. This brief identifies key issues in the regulation and discusses how CMS might address them.
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Putting Medicaid in the Larger Budget Context: An In-Depth Look at Three States in FY 2015 and 2016
Issue BriefThis report provides an in-depth examination of Medicaid program changes in the larger context of state budgets in three states: Alaska, California, and Tennessee. These case studies build on findings from the 15th annual budget survey of Medicaid officials in all 50 states and the District of Columbia conducted by the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured and Health Management Associates (HMA).
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Open Enrollment: Insights from Medicare for Health Insurance Marketplaces
PerspectiveThis Policy Insight draws on the experiences of Medicare beneficiaries during Medicare’s annual enrollment period to consider whether consumers with health insurance coverage through the Affordable Care Act’s new marketplaces will shop for a better deal during their open enrollment season.
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About Kaiser Media Fellowships in Health Reporting
PageSince 2011, the fellowship program has focused on the ways that different states have implemented the Affordable Care Act, and the implications of policy decisions for health care providers and patients. The fellowship program provides a week-long site visit and in-depth state-specific briefings for invited health and health policy journalists, with invitations tailored to the topics and issues addressed. Twelve of these site visits have taken place so far, including visits to California, Florida, Georgia,…