Emerging Medicaid Accountable Care Organizations: The Role of Managed Care
This brief examines efforts by a number of states to set up Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) within their Medicaid programs.
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How Five Leading Safety-Net Hospitals Are Preparing For The Challenges and Opportunities of Health Care Reform
ReportThis study, published in the journal Health Affairs, examines how five leading safety-net hospitals are preparing for major changes expected to result from the Affordable Care Act (ACA), including less government support for uncompensated care and the need to compete for newly insured people.
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The Uninsured and Their Health Care Needs: How Have They Changed Since the Recession?
Issue BriefThis analysis uses the Center for Studying Health System Change's (HSC) 2010 Health Tracking Household Survey, the 2007 HSC Health Tracking Household Survey and the 2003 HSC Community Tracking Household Survey to describe the uninsured population and how it has changed over the past decade, especially between 2007 and 2010 when the recession caused many…
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Immigration Reform and Access to Health Coverage: Key Issues to Consider
Issue BriefThe Obama administration and a bipartisan group of U.S. senators recently released blueprints for immigration reform proposals that include a roadmap to citizenship for the 11 million undocumented immigrants currently residing in the United States. Subject to meeting specified requirements, these individuals would be able to apply for a provisional lawful status.
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New Orleans Residents Say Recovery Is Making Progress, But Many Believe The Gulf Oil Spill Will Be More Damaging Than Katrina
News ReleaseCrime is By Far The Biggest Concern in New Orleans Seven in 10 Residents Say Americans Have Forgotten The City’s Plight African-Americans View Their Recovery Differently; It’s Much Slower MENLO PARK, Calif.
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Filling the Gaps: Dental Care, Coverage and Access
Event Date:EventWhile the Affordable Care Act is expected to expand public and private coverage for children when it takes effect in 2014, significant gaps will remain, especially for low-income adults age 21 and older. This June 19, 2012, a public forum at the Foundation's Washington, D.C.
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Distribution of People Ages 0-64 with Employer Coverage by Race/Ethnicity
State Health Facts Indicatordisparity, Disparities
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Medicaid Expansion in Red States
From Drew AltmanIn this column for The Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank, Drew Altman explains that Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam's decision on Medicaid expansion via the Affordable Care Act is the latest sign of pragmatism slowly winning over ideology in red states.
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Proposed Medicaid Expansion in Utah
Fact SheetThis fact sheet provides a summary of the proposal to expand Medicaid in Utah. This has not been officially submitted to CMS and needs state legislative approval before it could be implemented.