Choices Under the New State Child Health Insurance Program: What Factors Shape Cost and Coverage? – Policy Brief December 30, 1997 Issue Brief Choices Under The New State Child Health Insurance Program: What Factors Shape Cost And Coverage? January 1998 The State Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), enacted as part of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, provides over $20 billion in federal funds over five years to cover low-income uninsured children. This…
Choices Under the New State Child Health Insurance Program: What Factors Shape Cost and Coverage? December 30, 1997 Issue Brief The State Children’s Health Insurance Program, enacted as part of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, provides over $20 billion in federal funds over five years to cover low-income uninsured children. This policy brief examines how many children will participate and the public costs per covered child.
Native Americans and Medicaid: Coverage and Financing Issues December 30, 1997 Report Medicaid plays several different roles of significance to Native Americans. Through its purchase of managed care products, Medicaid is reshaping the health care delivery system for many Native Americans and other underserved low-income populations. Medicaid also assists low-income elderly and disabled Indians who are eligible for Medicare in meeting their…
National Perspectives on Medicaid Managed Care November 29, 1997 Report National Perspectives on Medicaid Managed Care Report: National Perspectives on Medicaid Managed Care
Retiree Health Trends and Implications of Possible Medicare Reforms November 29, 1997 Fact Sheet The availability of employer-sponsored retiree health benefits from large companies has declined since 1991, according to a new study conducted for the Kaiser Family Foundation by Hewitt Associates LLC. The study also shows that the number of big businesses charging premiums, tightening eligibility requirements, encouraging use of managed care, and…
Overview of Medicaid Managed Care Provisions in the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 – Report November 29, 1997 Report Overview of Medicaid Managed Care Provisions in the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 Prepared by Andy Schneider The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities for The Kaiser Commission on the Future of Medicaid December 1997 This paper was prepared for The Kaiser Commission on the Future of Medicaid with…
Overview of Medicaid Managed Care Provisions in the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 November 29, 1997 Report This report describes the new legal and policy framework within which the shift of state Medicaid programs from fee-for-service to managed care will take place over the next few years.
Legislative Summary: State Children’s Health Insurance Program – Fact Sheet November 29, 1997 Fact Sheet State Children’s Health Insurance Program Summary November 1997 Nearly 10 million children are uninsured, often resulting in difficulties in obtaining needed health care. To expand coverage to low-income uninsured children, Congress enacted the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) as part of the Balanced Budget Act (BBA) of 1997 (P.L.…
Legislative Summary: State Children’s Health Insurance Program November 29, 1997 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
Medicaid Facts: Medicaid’s Role for Children October 30, 1997 Fact Sheet Medicaid Facts: Medicaid’s Role for ChildrenThis fact sheet provides an overview of children’s eligibility and coverage under Medicaid, summarizes Mediciad benefits and expenditures for children, and highlights key issues facing the program as it continues to serve children.Fact Sheet Fact Sheet