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  • Managed Care and Low-Income Populations:  Four Years’ Experience with TennCare

    Report

    Managed Care and Low-Income Populations: Four Years' Experience with TennCare This report updates an earlier study of Tennessee's experience with restructuring their Medicaid programs. It is one of a series of reports from The Kaiser/ Commonwealth Low-Income Coverage and Access Project. This project examines how changes in the Medicaid program have affected health insurance coverage and access to care for the low-income population in eight states: California, Florida, Maryland, Minnesota, New York, Oregon, Tennessee and…

  • Managed Care and Low-Income Populations in Florida: 1996-1998 Update

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    This report, Managed Care and Low Income Populations in Florida: 1996-1998 Update, updates our 1996 case study of Florida's Medicaid managed care initiatives and their effect on low-income populations. The focus of this report is on how the program has matured and how it has affected access to care and the safety net. It is one of a series of reportsfrom the Kaiser/ Commonwealth Low-Income Coverage and Access Project. This project examines how changes in…

  • Pieces of the Puzzle

    Report

    A new report describes the Report to Congress by the Department of Health and Human Services on consumer protection and quality assurance requirements for Medicaid managed care and discusses the differences between the original Federal rule and the revised one. Report Executive Summary  

  • Medicaid’s Role in Covering Families

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    Medicaid's Role in Covering Families Twelve years ago, the U.S. Congress passed the law requiring that by the end of fiscal year 2002, states would complete a series of incremental steps to ensure all children in families with incomes at or below the federal poverty line would have Medicaid coverage. The day, September 30, has arrived and the Commission put together a brief description of how Medicaid assists low-income American families with their health coverage.…

  • Report and Summary of Findings

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    Privatization of Public Hospitals Full Report available in PDF format.Summary available in PDF format.Return to top Privatization of Public HospitalsReport

  • Immigrants’ Health Coverage and Access

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    New and recent publications on immigrant health policy explore some of the complex problems the country faces in expanding health coverage to immigrants and provide basic statistics and facts on the current status of their health care. News Release: Recent Immigrants Have Had Little Impact on the Growth in America's Uninsured Population Issue Paper: Is Immigration Responsible for the Growth in the Number of the Uninsured? Fact Sheet: Immigrants' Health Care Coverage and Access Chart…

  • Parents’ Views of Children’s Health Insurance Programs: A Survey of Denied Applicants for Kaiser Permanente’s Child Health Plan

    Poll Finding

    In 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). As part of a broader evaluation of the Child Health Plan funded jointly by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the California HealthCare Foundation, these reports provide findings from a survey of low income parents who were eligible for Medi-Cal or…

  • Legislative Summary: State Children’s Health Insurance Program

    Fact Sheet

    This Fact Sheet summarizes eligibility, benefits and cost-sharing, and financing rules of the State Children's Health Insurance Program as well as other child-related Medicaid provisions from the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. Fact Sheet Fact Sheet