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…
The Fiscal Impact of the Clinton Health Reform Proposal on States January 30, 1994 Report This paper provides a detailed analysis of the fiscal impact of the Clinton Administration's Health Security Act (HSA) on states. The various subsidies in the HSA are examined as well as the impact of many proposed changes in Medicaid.Report: The Fiscal Impact Of The Clinton Health Reform Proposal On States
Medicaid and Health System Reform: The Potential for Integration into an Employer-Based System February 27, 1994 Report Report: Medicaid and Health System Reform: The Potential for Integration into an Employer-Based System
Health Reform Legislation: A Comparison of Committee Action June 29, 1994 Report A comparison of the health reform proposals by the Congressional committees with jurisdiction — House Ways and Means, Education, and Labor, and Senate Finance, Labor and Human Resources Committees — and the Administration's Health Security Act to the current health care system in each of 14 different categories.Report: Health Reform…
Medicare’s Role for Latinos March 30, 1999 Fact Sheet Medicare’s Role for LatinosFact Sheet: The Medicare Program: Medicare’s Role For Latinos
Medicare Restructuring: The FEHBP Model January 30, 1999 Report This report provides a comprehensive description of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) and compares the FEHBP and Medicare programs as they are currently structured. It reviews evidence on the performance of FEHBP and examines the implications of restructuring Medicare to conform to a FEHBP-based plan. Overall, the report…
Keeping Medicare and Medicaid When You Work, 2005: A Resource Guide for People with Disabilities, Their Families, and Their Advocates January 30, 2005 Report This guide helps to explain the program rules for Medicare and Medicaid with regard to work. Medicare and Medicaid have come to play important roles in the lives and the futures of roughly 20 million children, adults, and seniors with disabilities – and this guide gives people with disabilities new…
Medicare: Options for Reform, A Public Dialogue on Health Care: The Future of Medicare September 29, 1998 Report A public education brochure describing Medicare reform options that are being considered by Congress. This fact sheet is also a part of a packet of information as part of a joint public information project between Kaiser Family Foundation and League of Women Voters of public meetings held across the United…