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An 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.
A new brief policy analysis illustrates the relationship between rising unemployment and increased Medicaid enrollment and spending.
The 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.
Disparities in Women's Health Disparities in health and health care continue to burden women, particularly affecting women of color or those who are poor.
More 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.
A 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.
Summarizes the COBRA health coverage law, how it is administered, what its limitations are, and how it impacts low-income workers.
An 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.
The 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.
This 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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