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  • Improving Prescription Drug Coverage: Opportunities and Challenges for Reform

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    Tricia Neuman, Vice President and Director of the Medicare Policy Project, testified before the Senate Finance Committee on prescription drug coverage under Medicare. The statement reviews existing sources of prescription drug coverage for Medicare beneficiaries and the importance of such coverage for this population. It reviews current approaches for improving prescription drug coverage, identifying significant areas of common ground, as well as the key decisions and challenges facing policymakers in designing a Medicare drug benefit.

  • Is Immigration Responsible for the Growth in the Number of the Uninsured?

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    This issue paper analyzes the role of immigrants in the growth of the number uninsured people in America. Results show that recent immigrants are not the reason for the growth in the number of the uninsured from 1994 to 1998 despite their high rates of uninsurance. Issue Paper

  • Low-Income and Uninsured: The Challenge for Extending Coverage

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    Diane Rowland, executive director of the Commission, testified to the Senate Committee on Finance about the low-income uninsured. The testimony provides a comprehensive description and analysis of the population and discusses the challenges of providing them health coverage. 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) and we will try to locate the video. Include the…

  • Health Insurance Coverage in America: 1999 Data Update

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    Health Insurance Coverage in America: 1999 Data Update This chart book provides the latest information on health insurance coverage, with special attention to the uninsured. It includes trends and major shifts in coverage and a profile of the uninsured population. Chartbook Link to other Health Insurance Coverage in America chartbooks.

  • Medicaid’s Role for Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries

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    Medicaid's Role for Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries An overview that identifies low-income Medicare beneficiaries (dual eligibles), how Medicaid can provide care for them, and the challenges to accessing care. Fact Sheet

  • Prescription Drug Coverage for the Medicare Population

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    Diane Rowland, executive director of the Commission, testified to the Subcommittee on Health of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce about providing prescription drugs to seniors. Her testimony includes discussion of Medicaid's role in providing outpatient drug coverage. Testimony Chart Pack

  • Covering the Low-Income Uninsured: The Case For Expanding Public Programs

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    An article in the January/February 2001 issue of Health Affairs by Judith Feder, Larry Levitt, Ellen O’Brien, and Diane Rowland assesses how best to expand health insurance coverage for the low-income uninsured. The article concludes that despite flaws in existing public programs, which can and should be remedied, strengthening programs like Medicaid and CHIP establishes a foundation for truly effective coverage for all low-income Americans. Available at www.healthaffairs.org.

  • Health Insurance Coverage Of Low-Income Women

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    Low-income women's high rate of health problems and limited economic resources make access to health care and adequate health insurance coverage particularly important. Health coverage, whether through the private sector or publicly through Medicaid, has been demonstrated to improve access to care for low-income women. However, obtaining coverage is not easy or even possible for many women. Job-based insurance is not always an option for low-income women, despite their high workforce participation. Assistance is available…

  • Falling Through the Cracks: Health Insurance Coverage of Low-Income Women

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    Access to health coverage is a challenge for millions of low-income women. Because they are more likely to be low-wage workers and work in industries that don't offer benefits, access to job-based coverage is often problematic. Avenues for assistance are available to some through Medicaid. However, despite the program s broadened focus on children and pregnant women, restrictive income and categorical requirements still leave millions of women ineligible and often uninsured. Recent changes in public…