Managed Care for Low-Income Populations with Special Needs: The Tennessee Experience
This report focuses on Tennessee's experience in moving their disabled Medicaid beneficiaries into managed care.
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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to Health Insurance and Health Care
Fact SheetRacial and ethnic groups in the United States continue to experience major differences in health status compared to the majority white population. Although many factors affect health status, the lack of health insurance and other barriers to obtaining health services markedly diminish minorities' use of both preventive services and medical treatments.
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New York’s Disaster Relief Medicaid: Insights and Implications for Covering Low-Income People
ReportThis focus group study is of New Yorkers who enrolled in Disaster Relief Medicaid (DRM), a temporary public health insurance program created after the September 11th attacks. It is based on findings from six focus groups conducted with Hispanic, Chinese, and African American New Yorkers.
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Kaiser Health Tracking Poll — December 2010
FeatureAs 2010 draws to a close, the latest tracking poll shows the public still divided in their views of the health reform law, a sentiment largely unchanged since the law’s enactment in March.
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Medicaid Beneficiaries and Access to Care
Fact SheetThe health reform law relies on a large expansion of Medicaid to reach many low-income uninsured people, many of them adults. This fact sheet summarizes Medicaid beneficiaries' experience in obtaining access to care, a subject that is of keen interest in view of the planned expansion of the program.
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Women and Medicare: Making the Connection
Other PostWomen and Medicare: Making the Connection This briefing examines Medicare s role in meeting older women's health needs, the gaps in Medicare's benefits package for women, and the emerging debate over prescription drug coverage and Medicare reform.
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The Public Opinion Update on The Uninsured
Other PostKaiser Public Opinion Update, April 2000 summarizes key findings from past surveys on the uninsured 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 NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.
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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.
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The Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System: Thirteen Years of Managed Care in Medicaid
Other PostThis report provides an overview of the Arizona Medicaid experience and contains valuable insights into the evolution and experience of a mandatory statewide Medicaid managed care program covering both acute care and long-term care services. Note: This publication is no longer in circulation.
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Managed Care And Low-Income Populations: A Case Study of Texas
ReportThis study is part of a larger initiative, funded by both the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and The Commonwealth Fund.