The Financing of Illinois’ Prescription Drug Demonstration Project
This policy brief describes the financing of Illinois' new Medicaid prescription drug waiver. Policy Brief Also see The New Medicaid and CHIP Waiver Initiatives
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Medicare Chartbook
ReportThe Medicare Chartbook includes data and background information critical to understanding the Medicare program and the challenges it faces in keeping up with the rising costs of health care and in ensuring the program s future financial security.
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Medicaid’s Role for Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries
Fact SheetMedicaid'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: Medicaid's Role for Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries
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Lessons from the Field: Increasing Enrollment in Children’s Health Insurance in Los Angeles County
ReportA new background report highlights health coverage trends for children in Los Angeles County, examines some of the factors behind Medi-Cal enrollment growth, and attempts to draw relevant lessons for other counties and states. Also see "First Glance at the Children's Health Initiative in Santa Clara County, California". REPORT Download
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The Faces of Medicare
Fact SheetThe 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. profiles the following six groups within the Medicare population, providing basic information, trends and data: Healthy retirees, who represent less than 10 percent of the total Medicare population, but sometimes are portrayed as typical of all seniors, Under-65 disabled beneficiaries, whose disproportionately high rates…
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Making It Simple: State Profiles
ReportMedicaid for Children and CHIP Guidelines and Eligibility for Enrollment Report
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Medicaid Managed Care for Dual Eligibles: State Profiles
ReportOver half a million duals were enrolled in Medicaid managed care programs in 1999. This report summarizes these efforts across the nation and profiles initiatives in each state. Background Paper
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First Glance at the Children’s Health Initiative in Santa Clara County, California
ReportA new background report examines Santa Clara County in California in its effort to provide health insurance coverage (Children's Health Initiative or CHI) to all children living in the county. As one of the first localities to attempt such an initiative, its experiences can highlight important lessons and potential best practices for policymakers at the county, state, and national level considering coverage expansions for children. Also see Lessons from the Field: Increasing Enrollment in Children's…
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Public Opinion Update-3006-Public-Opinion-Update
Other PostPublic Opinion Update Public Opinion Update Public Opinion Update THE UNINSURED The debate over how to expand health insurance coverage to the over 44 million Americans without it continues to be one of the most challenging issues facing policymakers today. This Public Opinion Update summarizes key findings from several surveys conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health and a new survey conducted by the Foundation in conjunction with the…