Florida’s Medicaid Prescription Drug Benefit: A Case Study
Florida's Medicaid Prescription Drug Benefit: A Case Study A new study summarizes and discusses the state s attempt to reform its Medicaid prescription drug benefit program.
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Understanding The Medicaid And CHIP Maintenance of Eligibility Requirements
Fact SheetThis fact sheet examines the provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) that require states to maintain eligibility and enrollment standards for Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program. These maintenance of eligibility (MOE) provisions were designed to keep Medicaid and CHIP coverage stable until coverage expands under the health reform law.
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Medicaid as a Platform for Broader Health Reform: Supporting High-Need and Low-Income Populations
Issue BriefMedicaid is the health insurance safety net for nearly 60 million of the nation's poorest and sickest individuals.
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Reports and Other Resources on Trends in Children’s Health Coverage
Event Date:EventWith Congress poised to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) with a substantial increase in its federal funding, there are potentially new opportunities for reducing the estimated 9 million uninsured children nationwide.
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NPR/Kaiser/Harvard Survey: Public Views on SCHIP Reauthorization: Chartpack
Poll FindingThis chartpack presents key findings from an October 2007 survey conducted jointly by NPR, the Kaiser Family Foundation, and the Harvard School of Public Health on the public’s views and opinions of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program and the pending legislation surrounding its reauthorization. Chartpack (.
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Enrolling Children in Medicaid and SCHIP: Insights From Focus Groups With Low-Income Parents
ReportThis focus group report explores the perceptions, motivations, and experiences of low-income parents enrolling their children in Medicaid and SCHIP. The 11 focus groups were conducted in Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles and Miami in early 2007. Report (.
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Resuming the Path to Health Coverage for Children and Parents: A 50-State Update on Eligibility Rules, Enrollment and Renewal Procedures, and Cost-Sharing Practices in Medicaid and SCHIP in 2006
Poll FindingMaintaining and expanding health coverage for children and parents will likely be in the forefront of health care policy debates in Washington and state capitols in 2007.
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Health Insurance Premiums and Cost-Sharing: The Impact on Low-Income Populations
Fact SheetThis fact sheet summarizes the issues surrounding premiums and cost-sharing in public coverage programs and discusses the impact of these mechanisms on participation and health outcomes, particularly for low-income populations. Fact Sheet (.
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Talking with Voters About the Uninsured
ReportTen focus groups were conducted with voters April through July 2001, prior to the tragedies of September 11th and broad public recognition of an economic slowdown.
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Parents’ Views of Children’s Health Insurance Programs: A Survey of Denied Applicants for Kaiser Permanente’s Child Health Plan
Poll FindingIn 1997, Kaiser Permanente launched the Child Health Plan to provide subsidized health insurance for low income California children not eligible for Medi-Cal (California's Medicaid program) or Healthy Families (California's State Children's Health Insurance Program).