Changes in Characteristics, Needs, and Payment for Care of Elderly Nursing Home Residents: 1999 to 2004 June 29, 2007 Report The proportion of elderly adults over age 65 in nursing homes has declined over the past two decades, most noticeably in recent years. Reasons suggested for this trend include reductions in disability rates among elderly people, improvements in mechanisms for coping with disability, and changes in the residential and long-term…
Health Insurance Coverage and Access to Care for Low-Income Non-Citizen Adults June 1, 2007 Issue Brief This brief analyzes health insurance coverage and access for low-income non-citizen adults and discusses provider insights into the obstacles this population faces in obtaining coverage and receiving care. Overall, non-citizen adults account for just under one-fourth of all non-elderly uninsured adults. Low-income uninsured adults are at particularly high risk for…
Massachusetts Health Care Reform Plan – An Update June 1, 2007 Fact Sheet Massachusetts’ law to cover their uninsured population combines an individual mandate on the purchase of health insurance with government subsidies to ensure affordability. Full implementation of the plan is expected by July 1, 2007. This fact sheet summarizes the plan and its implications. Fact Sheet (.pdf)
Spotlight on Uninsured Parents: How a Lack of Coverage Affects Parents and Their Families June 1, 2007 Issue Brief Providing health coverage for the entire family can both help to increase coverage of children and assist low-income families in obtaining more affordable health care services. This brief uses data from the 2005 Kaiser Low-Income Coverage and Access Survey to examine health coverage, access and the financial impacts of health…
The New Medicaid Integrity Program: Issues and Challenges in Ensuring Program Integrity in Medicaid May 31, 2007 Report This paper analyzes the Medicaid Integrity Program, a new federal effort within the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that was enacted as part of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 to ensure program integrity in Medicaid. This paper defines program integrity as ensuring that health and long-term care services…
The Affordable Choices Initiative: An Overview May 2, 2007 Fact Sheet The President’s Affordable Choices initiative would permit states to redirect funds paid to hospitals and other health care institutions to initiatives that would provide the uninsured with private insurance. This fact sheet provides an overview of the fiscal year 2008 budget initiative. Fact Sheet (.pdf)
Fact Sheets Summarize President’s Budget Proposals for Health Insurance Coverage, Including Medicaid and SCHIP May 2, 2007 Fact Sheet Fact Sheets Summarize President’s Budget Proposals for Health Insurance Coverage, Including Medicaid and SCHIP The President’s fiscal year 2008 budget proposal includes changes to Medicaid, provisions for the reauthorization of SCHIP, and the health coverage initiative, Affordable Choices. These fact sheets provide an overview of President Bush’s policy plans on…
Chartpack: Giving Voice to the People of New Orleans: The Kaiser Post-Katrina Baseline Survey April 30, 2007 Poll Finding This chartpack provides key findings from a May 2007 Kaiser Family Foundation report on a major house-to-house survey on the experiences and challenges facing residents of the New Orleans area. Chartpack (.pdf)
Report: Giving Voice to the People of New Orleans: The Kaiser Post-Katrina Baseline Survey April 30, 2007 Poll Finding This May 2007 Kaiser Family Foundation report is the first of several that will track the progress and challenges facing people living in the New Orleans area in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. To conduct the study, a team of 41 interviewers visited 456 randomly selected census areas, documented the…
Family Coverage Under SCHIP Waivers April 30, 2007 Issue Brief Currently, eleven states cover parents with SCHIP funds via a federal waiver. This paper examines these programs and considers them within the context of the states' efforts to cover children. Issue Brief (.pdf)