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Medicare’s Role for Older Women
Medicare is the federal health program that provides health coverage to 50 million Americans ages 65 and older and younger adults with permanent disabilities. While Medicare plays an important role for nonelderly people with disabilities, Medicare is also a critical source of retirement security for 22.4 million women ages 65…
The Department of Defense’s Role in the U.S. Global Health Policy and Programs
This event examines Defense’s role in global health and how it intersects with the global health efforts of the U.S. government and other organizations.
Visualizing Health Policy: The Role of Medicaid and Medicare in Women’s Health Care
This month’s Visualizing Health Policy infographic provides information about the role of Medicaid and Medicare in women’s health care: the proportion of US women who are covered by Medicaid and Medicare; how women comprise the majority of those covered by the Medicaid and Medicare programs and the majority of those…
Profiles of Medicaid Outreach and Enrollment Strategies: Helping Families Maintain Coverage in Michigan
This brief provides insight into lessons learned from Medicaid and CHIP outreach and enrollment strategies by profiling a successful initiative of the Michigan Primary Care Association to facilitate coverage renewals through a systematic, technology-based reminder system coupled with one-on-one assistance. The brief is part of the “Getting Into Gear for…
Emergency Contraception
This fact sheet reviews current national and state policies around EC, including methods, patient awareness, access and availability, and insurance coverage.
Stop the Drop: Profiles of Innovative Medicaid Renewal Initiatives and Lessons for 2014 and Beyond
Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), there will be a new continuum of coverage options available beginning in 2014. While there currently is significant focus on enrolling eligible people into these new coverage options, it also is important to plan for how to keep eligible people enrolled in coverage over…
Financing Medicaid Coverage Under Health Reform: What is in the Law and the New FMAP Rules
This brief examines the ACA law and new regulations related to the match rates for coverage under the ACA for Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program.
Women’s Health Quiz: Health Coverage and the Affordable Care Act
Health insurance coverage is a critical factor in making health care accessible to women—women with health coverage are more likely to obtain needed preventive, primary, and specialty care services. Test your knowledge of women’s health coverage and the effect of the Affordable Care Act on women with our ten-question quiz.
Testimony: Wellness Programs and Nondiscrimination Under Employer-Sponsored Group Health Plans
This testimony by the Foundation’s Karen Pollitz before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission included background on wellness programs, wellness incentives and nondiscrimination since 1996, and questions and issues related to proposed regulations governing the design and application of wellness programs offered in conjunction with employer-sponsored group health plans.
JAMA Forum: ACA Implementation Starts to Get Real
Larry Levitt’s latest post on ACA implementation is now available on the JAMA Forum.