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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Women’s Health Data Book: A Profile of Women’s Health in the United States
Fact SheetThe Women's Health Data Book: A Profile of Women's Health in the United States, offers the latest data and trends on the wide range of health issues that affect women across their life spans.
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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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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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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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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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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.
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The Health Care Safety Net: An Overview of Hospitals in Five Markets
ReportA report focusing on the circumstances facing selected safety net hospitals in five major metropolitian areas around the United States, and their responses in the context of the market conditions they face.