Medicaid Enrollees by Race/ Ethnicity, 2011
Medicaid Enrollees by Race/ Ethnicity, 2011 Download Source Urban Institute and KCMU estimates based on the Census Bureau's March 2012 Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
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State Health Facts is a KFF project that provides free, up-to-date, and easy-to-use health data for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the United States. It offers data on specific types of health insurance coverage, including employer-sponsored, Medicaid, Medicare, as well as people who are uninsured by demographic characteristics, including age, race/ethnicity, work status, gender, and income. There are also data on health insurance status for a state's population overall and broken down by age, gender, and income.
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Protection in Managed Care Plans: A Side-by-Side Comparison of Proposal Federal Legislation
ReportProtection in Managed Care Plans: A Side-by-Side Comparison of Proposed Federal Legislation. A side-by-side comparison of the provisions for consumer protection in managed care plans contained in the House and Senate budget reconciliation bills and in eight other consumer protection bills currently under consideration by Congress. These bills, which would increase the regulatory oversight of the managed care industry by the federal government, are compared in 22 different categories of managed care issues. Report Report
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Is There Room for Conscience without Compromising Access? Are Affiliations Between Religious and Secular Health Care Organizations Threatening Access?
Fact SheetThese resources were prepared for a briefing held for journalists in New York City on November 4, 1997 in New York City as part of a joint program by The Alan Guttmacher Institute, The Kaiser Family Foundation and the National Press Foundation. This program focused on mergers, acquisitions, consolidations, joint ventures, and other affiliations between Catholic and non-Catholic hospitals and health systems and the effect these affiliations have on access to reproductive health services.
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The Impact of Managed Care Legislation: An Analysis of Five Legislative Proposals from California
ReportThis study analyzed five 1997 managed care consumer protection proposals currently or recently under consideration by the California state legislature: allowing consumers to sue their HMO (health maintenance organization) or managed care plan; expanding access to prescription drugs not approved by the health plan; expanded coverage of mental health services; direct access to obstetrical andgynecological services; and lengthened minimum hospital stays for mastectomy patients. Report: The Impact of Manged Care Legislation: An Analysis of Five…
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External Review of Health Plan Decisions — Policy Brief
Issue BriefAn 8-page policy brief on the external review of health plan decisions to inform the policy debate in California and nationally. The policy brief covers external review systems in other states and the Medicare program, the current status of external review in California, and issues regarding the design and implementation of external review. Policy Brief: External Review of Health Plan Decisions Policy Brief: External Review of Health Plan Decisions
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Medicare Beneficiaries: A Population At Risk – Findings from the Kaiser/Commonwealth 1997 Survey of Medicare Beneficiaries – Report
ReportMedicare Beneficiaries: A Population at RiskFindings from the Kaiser/Commonwealth Fund 1997 Survey of Medicare Beneficiaries Cathy Schoen, Patricia Neuman, Michelle Kitchman, Karen Davis, and Diane RowlandDecember 1998 Table Of ContentsExecutive Summary Findings from the Kaiser/Commonwealth 1997 Survey of Medicare Beneficiaries Medicare Beneficiaries: Health Status and Income Health Insurance Coverage Satisfaction, Access, and Financial Burden: Variations by Income Prescription Drugs: Use and Cost Exposure Satisfaction, Access, and Financial Burden: Variations by Type of Insurance Coverage HMOs:…
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Native Americans and Medicaid: Coverage and Financing Issues
Other PostNative Americans and Medicaid:Coverage and Financing Issues Medicaid and Welfare Until 1996, families with children who received cash assistance under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program were automatically entitled to Medicaid coverage. The welfare law enacted that year, Public Law 104-193, repealed the AFDC program and created a Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant to the states. The 1996 welfare law also severed the automatic eligibility linkage between welfare and…
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American Indians and Alaska Native: Health Coverage and Access to Care
Fact SheetA study of American Indians' and Alaska Natives' access to health care, conducted by researchers from the Urban Institue, University of Arizona and the Kaiser Family Foundation, identifies some of the health policy challenges this population faces. The study was originally published in the Janurary issue of the American Journal of Public Health - a link to the abstract is listed below. Two additional documents were created to accompany the study. A fact sheet titled…
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Uninsured in America – Testimony
Event Date:EventDiane Rowland, Executive Vice President and Executive Director of the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, testified on March 9, 2004 at a U.S. House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health hearing on issues concerning Americans who lack access to affordable health insurance. Testimony (.pdf) Please note: the video is no longer available. If you have an urgent need for the video, you may contact us (choose “problem with video” on the form)…
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Cover the Uninsured Week 2004 – Kaiser Family Foundation Resources
Other PostMay 10 - 16, 2004 is Cover the Uninsured Week. This week, organized by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, was developed to focus the nation’s attention on America's uninsured population. On May 5, 2004, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation launched Cover the Uninsured Week at an event in Washington, DC. Webcast: Cover the Uninsured Week Launch On May 10, 2004, The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured is sponsoring a breakfast briefing, "The Cost…