Transitional Medical Assistance (TMA): Medicaid Issue Update May 31, 2002 Fact Sheet This fact sheet presents the key questions and answers regarding transitional medical assistance as a part of the Medicaid program and its relationship to Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), the welfare program.Fact Sheet
Reaching Uninsured Children Through Medicaid: If You Build It Right, They Will Come May 31, 2002 Report This report analyzes enrollment data of recent years and draws on state experiences to outline the key strategies that will lead to successful enrollment in public health coverage programs and finds that improving enrollment in Medicaid drives improved overall enrollment into a state s public coverage programs.
Acceleration of Medicaid Spending Reflects Mounting Pressures May 31, 2002 Report This issue paper reveals that after three years of relatively slow spending growth, Medicaid spending accelerated in 1999 and 2000, and more rapid growth appears likely to continue. Medicaid spending grew by 7.1 percent ind FY 1999 and 8.6 percent in FY 2000.
Welfare and Work: How Do They Affect Parents’ Health Care Coverage? May 31, 2002 Fact Sheet Welfare and Work: How Do They Affect Parents’ Health Care Coverage?This fact sheet presents an overview of issues involving health care coverage for parents who are shifting from welfare to the workforce.Fact Sheet
Sicker and Poorer: The Consequences of Being Uninsured April 30, 2002 Report Sicker and Poorer: The Consequences of Being UninsuredA new report by the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured synthesizes the major findings of the past 25 years of health services research assessing the most important effects of health insurance. The report evaluates thousands of citations and 230 research articles…
The Financing of Illinois’ Prescription Drug Demonstration Project April 29, 2002 Issue Brief This policy brief describes the financing of Illinois' new Medicaid prescription drug waiver. Policy Brief Also see The New Medicaid and CHIP Waiver Initiatives
Transitional Medical Assistance and Welfare Reauthorization April 1, 2002 Event Cindy Mann, senior fellow of the Commission, testified to the House Subcommittee on Health of the Energy and Commerce Committee on the role of Transitional Medical Assistance in providing health coverage to parents who obtain low-wage jobs that disqualify them for Medicaid. Please note: the video is no longer available.…
Medicaid and State Budgets: An Overview of Five States’ Experiences in 2001 March 1, 2002 Report Medicaid and State Budgets: An Overview of Five States' Experiences in 2001This issue paper provides an overview of several of the key themes that emerged across case studies of Idaho, Indiana, Missouri, North Carolina, and Texas on the role of Medicaid in states budgets.Issue Paper
Health Insurance Coverage in America: 2000 Data Update February 28, 2002 Report Health Insurance Coverage in America: 2000 Data UpdateThis chart book provides year 2000 data on health insurance coverage, with special attention to the uninsured. It includes trends and major shifts in coverage and a profile of the uninsured population. Chartbook The Uninsured and Their Access to Health Care Link to…
Uninsured &Their Access to Health Care February 28, 2002 Fact Sheet The Uninsured and Their Access to Health CareA fact sheet outlining the uninsured problem using year 2000 data.Fact Sheet