Medicaid: A Primer on the Federal-State Partnership
This briefing provided an overview of the Medicaid program and its role in the health care system. Panelists discussed who is eligible for Medicaid, what benefits are covered, how the program is administered. Medicaid financing and the program’s role in health reform was also explained.
More information on Medicaid from the Kaiser Family Foundation can be found in the related documents below.
This March 4 briefing was cosponsored by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Alliance for Health Reform.
Speakers for this session:
The panel is co-moderated by Ed Howard of the Alliance for Health Reform and Barbara Lyons of the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured.
Speakers include:
Ed Howard – Welcome
Barbara Lyons – Kaiser Family Foundation
Speakers include:
- Cindy Mann, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Video - Robin Rudowitz, Kaiser Family Foundation’s Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
Video - Andrew Allison, Kansas Health Policy Authority
Video - Ron Haskins, Brookings Center on Children and Families
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Q&A
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Related Documents:
State Fiscal Conditions and Medicaid
Medicaid Spending Growth over the Last Decade and the Great Recession, 2000-2009
Dual Eligibles: Medicaid’s Role for Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries
Medicaid Matters: Understanding Medicaid’s Role in Our Health Care System
