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New Analysis Shows Effect of Rising Unemployment on Health Coverage, Medicaid and SCHIP Spending and Enrollment
Every one percentage point rise in the unemployment rate leads to a 1.1 million increase in the uninsured population and a one million increase in Medicaid and SCHIP enrollment, according to a new Kaiser analysis. Another report analyzes the history of Medicaid during recent economic downturns.

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New Analysis Shows Effect of Rising Unemployment on Health Coverage, Medicaid and SCHIP Spending and Enrollment -- April 2008

This analysis finds that every one percentage point rise in the unemployment rate leads to a 1.1 million increase in the uninsured population and a one million increase in Medicaid and SCHIP enrollment. Another report analyzes the history of Medicaid during recent economic downturns.

Medicaid, SCHIP and Economic Downturn: Policy Challenges and Policy Responses -- April 2008

This analysis projects the implications of an economic downturn for health coverage and state programs.

Medicaid in a Declining Economy: Limited Approaches for States to Control Spending -- April 2008

This brief analyzes results from annual 50-state budget surveys of Medicaid directors from 2003 to 2007 to determine how past actions by states and the federal government may impact Medicaid programs during the current economic downturn.

State Fiscal Conditions & Medicaid -- November 2007

This fact sheet, updated to include information from the recent survey of state Medicaid directors regarding fiscal year 2007 and 2008 actions, summarizes the relationship of Medicaid with state budgets and updates the current fiscal situation in the states and how it is affecting Medicaid programs.

Why Did Medicaid Spending Decline in 2006? A Detailed Look at Program Spending and Enrollment, 2000-2006 -- October 2007

This issue brief finds that Medicaid spending declined for the first time in the program’s 40-plus year history in Federal Fiscal Year (FY) 2006, falling by 0.2 percent.

New Survey Indicates Medicaid Enrollment Declines For First Time In Nearly A Decade -- October 2007

The annual 50 state survey on Medicaid and state budget actions reports a 0.5 percent enrollment decline in fiscal year 2007 and that, with an improved economy, 42 states are planning to expand coverage for the uninsured in the next year.

March 30, 2006 Policy Forum to Release the National ADAP Monitoring Report -- March 2006

This report, the tenth in an annual series, provides an overview of the status of state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs), including information on key issues such as waiting lists, available HIV drugs and funding.

Fact Sheet: AIDS Drug Assistance Programs Fact Sheet, March 2006 -- March 2006
This fact sheet provides an overview of state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs) based on data from the March 2006 National ADAP Monitoring Project Annual Report.

State Financing of the Medicare Drug Benefit: New Data on the "Clawback" -- November 2005

This issue update analyzes the latest data on what states are obligated to pay the federal government in "clawback" payments for the new Medicare drug benefit in 2006.

Medicaid and the 2003-05 Budget Crisis--State Case Studies -- August 2005

This series of case studies examines how eight states from around the nation responded to their budget crises from 2003 to 2005, with a focus on how Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Programs were affected.