COBRA Coverage for Low-Income Unemployed Workers
Summarizes the COBRA health coverage law, how it is administered, what its limitations are, and how it impacts low-income workers. Fact Sheet
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Low-Income Adults Under Age 65 – Many are Poor, Sick, and Uninsured
Issue BriefThis policy brief from the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured examines the characteristics and insurance coverage of low-income adults under age 65, a group numbering more than 50 million people. Members of this group are more likely to be in poor health than other Americans and are the least likely to have health insurance. Nearly a third are from families earning less than twice the poverty level. Fifteen percent live in poverty. Although…
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Making Ends Meet: The Medicare Generation
VideoThis short Kaiser Family Foundation documentary profiles the experiences of three Medicare families trying to pay for their health care costs with other household spending. The families are among 16 featured in a companion report examining the role Medicare now plays in the lives of beneficiaries and the challenges many face in paying for their health care and other living expenses on a fixed budget.
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State Medicaid Coverage of Family Planning Services: Summary of State Survey Findings
ReportThis report presents state-by-state policies on coverage of key areas in reproductive health for low-income women, including contraception, preconception care, screenings for sexually transmitted diseases and coverage within special state Medicaid family planning programs.
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Women Comprise the Majority of Medicaid Enrollees Across Every Age Group
FeatureWomen Comprise the Majority of Medicaid Enrollees Across Every Age Group Download Source Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured and Urban Institute analysis of 2009 MSIS
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Women Experience Multiple Barriers to Health Care
FeatureWomen Experience Multiple Barriers to Health Care Download Source Kaiser Family Foundation, 2008 Kaiser Women’s Health Survey
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Health Insurance Coverage of the Nonelderly by Poverty Level, 2014
FeatureHealth Insurance Coverage of the Nonelderly by Poverty Level, 2014 Download Source Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of the 2015 ASEC Supplement to the CPS.
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Children’s Eligibility for Medicaid/CHIP by Income, January 2013
FeatureChildren’s Eligibility for Medicaid/CHIP by Income, January 2013 Download Source Based on the results of a national survey conducted by the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured and the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families, 2013
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Comprehensive Medicaid Managed Care Penetration
FeatureComprehensive Medicaid Managed Care Penetration Download Source KCMU/HMA Survey of Medicaid Managed Care, September 2011
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Coverage of Low-Income Adults by Scope of Coverage, January 2013
FeatureCoverage of Low-Income Adults by Scope of Coverage, January 2013 Download Source Based on the results of a national survey conducted by the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured and the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families, 2013