The Impact of Medicaid and SCHIP on Low-Income Children’s Health
This policy brief reviews the literature and examines the impact of Medicaid and SCHIP on coverage, access to care and health for the nation's low-income children. Issue Brief (.
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The Uninsured And The Difference Health Insurance Makes
Fact SheetThis fact sheet describes the characteristics of the uninsured and explains the recent increase in this population. It also examines the difference that health insurance can make and how health reform is expected to cover millions more people.
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ACA Open Enrollment: If You Are Low-Income
Fact SheetThis fact sheet explains 2020 health coverage options that may be available to people who have low incomes, including Medicaid coverage or individual insurance plans through Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces.
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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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The Implications of a Loss in Public Health Coverage
Event Date:EventA new Health Affairs article and a policy brief examine the implications of cuts to public coverage programs like Medicaid and SCHIP.
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Community Health Centers: Can They Plug the Gaps in the Safety Net?
Event Date:EventThe Alliance for Health Reform and the Centene Corporation sponsored a July 23 briefing to discuss the role of community health centers (CHCs) in providing care to vulnerable populations as employer-sponsored coverage declines and demand for safety-net services increase.
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Access to Affordable Dental Care: Gaps for Low-Income Adults
Issue BriefThis policy brief provides data and analysis of coverage and access to oral health care for low-income nonelderly adults. Lack of resources to pay for dental services, either through dental insurance or out-of-pocket, is a major barrier to oral health care for many low-income Americans.
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Caring for Immigrants: Health Care Safety Nets in Los Angeles, New York, Miami, and Houston
ReportA background report that assesses how various factors influence changes in the health care system for immigrants in four urban areas with large immigrant populations (Los Angeles, New York, Houston, and Miami.
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Is Immigration Responsible for the Growth in the Number of the Uninsured?
ReportThis issue paper analyzes the role of immigrants in the growth of the number uninsured people in America. Results show that recent immigrants are not the reason for the growth in the number of the uninsured from 1994 to 1998 despite their high rates of uninsurance.
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Managed Care and Low-Income Populations: A Case Study of Managed Care in Minnesota
Report1996 Update This report is an update to the May 1996 case study on managed care in Minnesota released as part of the Kaiser/Commonwealth Low-Income Coverage and Access Project.