Child Health Facts: National and State Profiles of Coverage December 30, 1997 Report Child Health Facts: National and State Profiles of Coverage Nearly 10 million children in the United States lack health insurance coverage and over two-thirds of them or low-income. This databook provides baseline data on how many children are uninsured today and on the extent of Medicaid coverage. It provides astarting…
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…
Native Americans and Medicaid: Coverage and Financing Issues – Report December 30, 1997 Report Native Americans and Medicaid:Coverage and Financing IssuesPrepared by Andy Schneider and JoAnn Martinez, The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities for The Kaiser Commission on the Future of MedicaidDecember 1997Table Of ContentsHighlights ii I: Background On Native American Health Care 1 II: Medicaid's Role For Native Americans 4 1. Medicaid…
The Medicare Program: Servicios De Salud Administrados Por Medicare December 30, 1997 Fact Sheet Panorama General: Medicare proporciona servicios de salud a casi 39 millones de norteamericanos, incluyendo aproximadamente a 34 millones de ancianos y a 5 millones de discapacitados. La gran mayoria de estas personas cubren sus gastos medicos directamente mediante el programa tradicional de “pago por servicio,” mientras que el 15 porciento…
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…
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…
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
Managed Care Plan Liability: An Analysis of Texas and Missouri Legislation October 30, 1997 Report This report analyzes recently enacted laws in Texas and Missouri that expand consumers' ability to sue their HMOs or other managed care plans for inappropriately denied care or similar problems.Report Report