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Serving Low-Income Families Through Premium Assistance: A Look At Recent State Activity September 29, 2003 Issue Brief

This issue paper examines the policies in the HIFA waiver initiative that provide incentives for states to use Medicaid/SCHIP funds to assist in the purchase of private insurance options. It also reports on how states have responded to these new policies and what key policy questions are raised about premium…

Medicaid: Issues and Challenges September 29, 2003 Event

Diane Rowland, executive vice president of the Kaiser Family Foundation and executive director of the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, testified to the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Health on the issues and challenges facing Medicaid in providing health and long-term care coverage for the…

The Current State Fiscal Crisis and Its Aftermath September 1, 2003 Report

This report finds that the primary cause of the state fiscal crisis is the falloff in state tax revenue. Report (.pdf)

States Respond to Fiscal Pressure: State Medicaid Spending Growth and Cost Containment September 1, 2003 Report

The third annual survey of the 50 states and the District of Columbia reveals that all 50 states and DC implemented Medicaid cost control strategies in FY2003 and they all planned additional action for FY2004 as they cope with fiscal crisis. Report (.pdf)

News on Medicaid and State Budgets: July and August 2003 Update September 1, 2003 Report

Report (.pdf) Additional news on Medicaid and state budgets

State Fiscal Conditions and Health Coverage: An Update on FY2004 and Beyond September 1, 2003 Report

The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured released three new reports today on how states are coping with the fourth year of fiscal stress. The third annual survey of the 50 states reveals a far-reaching impact on health coverage for low-income families at a time when enrollment is increasing…

News on Medicaid and State Budgets: May and June 2003 Update September 1, 2003 Report

Report (.pdf) Additional news on Medicaid and state budgets

Medicaid Spending: What Factors Contributed to the Growth Between 2000 and 2002? September 1, 2003 Issue Brief

The report finds that rapid Medicaid spending growth has been driven, in part, by enrollment increases resulting from the loss of income and private insurance coverage during the current economic downturn, together with continued increases in hospital and prescription drug costs that have affected the entire health care sector. Issue…

A Prescription Drug Benefit in Medicare: Implications for Medicaid and Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries August 30, 2003 Issue Brief

The Senate and House of Representatives each approved legislation in June of 2003 that would establish outpatient prescription drug coverage for Medicare beneficiaries as part of Medicare program reform. Among the key differences in the House and Senate bills that still must be addressed are the treatment of Medicaid beneficiaries…

A Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit: Implications for Medicaid and Low-Income People August 30, 2003 Report

The Senate and House of Representatives each approved legislation in June of 2003 that would establish outpatient prescription drug coverage for Medicare beneficiaries as part of Medicare program reform. Among the key differences in the House and Senate bills that still must be addressed are the treatment of Medicaid beneficiaries…

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