The Faces of Medicare
The Medicare beneficiary population is often described in homogenous terms, yet those covered by the program vary significantly in terms of their health, income, supplemental insurance status, and medical service use.
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Health Reform Opportunities: Improving Policy for Dual Eligibles
Issue BriefAs the nation considers national health reform, this brief provides an overview of opportunities to realign federal and state policy for the dual eligibles to promote a more rational, cost-efficient system for 9 million of the poorest, sickest and highest-cost people covered by both Medicaid and Medicare.
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To Hospitalize or Not to Hospitalize? Medical Care for Long-Term Care Facility Residents
ReportTo Hospitalize or Not to Hospitalize? Medical Care for Long-Term Care Facility Residents This report explores factors that appear to drive relatively high rates of hospitalizations, based on interviews with doctors, nursing home staff and families in four cities.
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Money Follows the Person Transitions Individuals from Nursing Homes to the Community
Issue BriefThis brief presents short profiles of four Ohio residents who have benefited from the state's Money Follows the Person demonstration program, known as HOME Choice. It was released along with several other resources on Medicaid long-term services and supports at a Feb. 7, 2011 briefing at the Foundation's Washington, D.C., offices. Profiles (.
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Current and Emerging Issues in Medicaid Risk-Based Managed Care: Insights from an Expert Roundtable
Issue BriefHalf of all Medicaid enrollees receive care through comprehensive risk-based managed care organizations (MCOs). Most Medicaid MCO enrollees today are low-income children and parents, but states are increasingly moving beneficiaries with more complex needs into MCOs.
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Faces of the Medicaid Expansion: Experiences and Profiles of Uninsured Adults Who Could Gain Coverage
Issue BriefThese two papers provide insight into how state decisions to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act are likely to impact people.
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Medicare’s Role for Latinos – (Spanish version)
Other PostMedicare's Role for Latinos - (Spanish version) Note: This publication is no longer in circulation. However, a few copies may still exist in the Foundation's internal library that could be xeroxed. Please email order@kff.
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Medicaid’s Role for People With Disabilities
EventDiane Rowland testified before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health about Medicaid’s development as a vital source of coverage for people with disabilities and its current role providing coverage and access to health services and supports for this population. Testimony (.
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Medicaid’s Role for Dual-Eligible Beneficiaries
Issue BriefThis brief examines the role of Medicaid in providing health coverage to the 9.6 million Medicare beneficiaries who are also eligible for Medicaid. The brief explains the role Medicaid plays in providing supplemental coverage to fill in the gaps in Medicare’s coverage for these dual-eligible beneficiaries.
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Retiree Health Coverage: Recent Trends and Employer Perspectives on Future Benefits
ReportThe report, based on an analysis of Hewitt Associates' client database, presents new trend data on the prevalence of retiree health coverage sponsored by large employers and finds a continued erosion of retiree health benefits.