Medicaid

State Solutions was designed to increase enrollment in Medicare Savings Programs (MSPs). These programs, funded through Medicaid, help low-income Medicare beneficiaries with their out-of-pocket medical costs.

New policy brief examines proposals for expanding Medicaid and CHIP and the consequences for low-Income people.

Available research suggests that states can make small policy changes that can have a big impact on enrollment of eligible children. This paper revisits the ideas summarized in the Seven Steps brief by the National Academy of State Health Policy which provides more concrete information for states seeking to take the next step in enrolling more uninsured children who are eligible for Medicaid or SCHIP, but not enrolled.

New Urban Institute research estimates that only 440,000 kids who are currently eligible for public insurance might be covered privately if their parents received government support to pay a share of their employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) premiums.

This issue brief discusses the implementation of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA) citizenship and identity documentation requirements that went into effect on July 1, 2006,and its impact on Medicaid/State Children's Health Insurance (SCHIP) programs.

This brief explores state buy-in programs for children. Buy-in programs have the potential to play an important role in reaching universal coverage for children, but only if it is coupled with strategies to make the premiums more affordable for families.

This study found that population surveys that collect point-in-time coverage information do a good job of measuring and estimating those with or without health insurance; they do less well at estimating enrollment in specific types of coverage. 

While cost sharing between the insurer and the insured is an established part of both public and private health insurance in this country, this article notes that it is imperative to use it judiciously in Medicaid and SCHIP to avoid deterring low-income children and families from using needed health care services. 

Publicly-funded coverage programs like Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) have successfully reduced the uninsured rate among low-income children, but leave many parents behind. The brief explores ways in which states can both cover more parents and simplify the enrollment and renewal process.

This brief offers a look inside the Oregon Health Plan Medicaid expansion program and discusses the impact of the cost-sharing and benefit reductions on former and current beneficiaries.