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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Disparities in Women’s Health
Other PostDisparities in Women's Health Disparities in health and health care continue to burden women, particularly affecting women of color or those who are poor.
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Urban Indian Health
ReportMore than half (57%) of the 2.5 million people who identify themselves solely as American Indian and Alaska Native in the 2000 Census live in metropolitan 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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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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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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Maintaining Health Coverage and Securing the Medicaid Safety Net in a Sluggish Economy
Fact SheetThe current economy is a key concern as federal and state leaders worry about the expected rise in unemployment and the related loss of employer health coverage.
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Access to Care and Use of Health Services by Low-Income Women
Issue BriefThis article, by Ruth Almeida and Lisa Dubay of the Urban Institute and Grace Ko of Brown University, examines the effect of insurance on low-income women's access to care and use of health services.