Publications: Joan Alker
- Proposed Medicaid Long-Term Care Changes Raise Host of Questions About Impact
Laura Summer and Joan Alker, Georgetown Health Policy Institute
January 2012 - Proposed Medicaid Premiums Challenge Coverage for Florida’s Children and Parents
Joan Alker and Jack Hoadley, Georgetown Health Policy Institute
December 2011 - Looking Ahead to 2012, What Changes Are In Store for Florida's Medicaid Program?
Joan Alker and Jack Hoadley, Georgetown Health Policy Institute
December 2011 - Despite Economic Challenges, Progress Continues: Children’s Health Insurance Coverage in the United States from 2008-2010
Tara Mancini, Martha Heberlein, and Joan Alker, Georgetown University Center for Children and Families
November 2011 - Medicaid and its Role for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN): A Family Perspective
Liz Arjun, et al., Georgetown University Center for Children and Families and Family Voices
July 2011 - Proposed Federal Spending Caps Threaten Successful Efforts on Children’s Health
Joan Alker and Joe Touschner, Georgetown University Center for Children and Families
June 2011 - CHIP: Not a Model for a Medicaid Block Grant
Jocelyn Guyer, Martha Heberlein, and Joan Alker, Georgetown University Center for Children and Families
June 2011 - The Impact of Premiums on Families in BadgerCare Plus
Joan Alker, Martha Heberlein, and Wesley Prater, Georgetown University Center for Children and Families
May 2011 - Understanding Florida Medicaid Today And the Impact of Federal Health Care Reform
Jack Hoadley and Joan Alker, The Jessie Ball duPont Fund and the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute
April 2011 - As Legislators Wrestle to Define Next Generation of Florida Medicaid, Benefits of Reform Effort Are Far From Clear
Joan Alker and Jack Hoadley, The Jessie Ball duPont Fund and the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute
April 2011 - The Massachusetts and Utah Health Insurance Exchanges: Lessons Learned
Sabrina Corlette, Joan Alker, Joe Touschner and JoAnn Volk, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Georgetown Center for Children and Families, the Georgetown Health Policy Institute
March 2011 - Medicaid and State Budgets: Looking at the Facts
Martha Heberlein, Joan Alker, and Qursum Qasim, Georgetown University Center for Children and Families
March 2011 - Children and Health Care Reform: Assuring Coverage Meets Their Health Care Needs
Joan Alker, et al., Kaiser Family Foundation
September 2009 - The Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009
Dawn Horner, Jocelyn Guyer, Cindy Mann, and Joan Alker, Center for Children and Families
February 2009 - Rhode Island's Medicaid Waiver: A Bad Deal for the State
Joan Alker and Judith Solomon, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and the Center for Children and Families
January 2009 - Florida's Experience with Medicaid Reform: What Has Been Learned in the First Two Years?
Joan Alker and Jack Hoadley, Georgetown University Health Policy Institute
October 2008 - West Virginia's Medicaid Redesign: What is the Impact on Children?
Joan Alker, Center for Children and Families
August 2008 - The Enhanced Benefits Rewards Program: Is it Changing the Way Medicaid Beneficiaries Approach Their Health?
Joan Alker and Jack Hoadley, Georgetown University Health Policy Institute
July 2008 - Choosing Premium Assistance: What Does State Experience Tell Us?
Joan Alker, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
June 2008 - Florida's Medicaid Reform Pilot Programs: Challenges with Mental Health Services
Jeffrey Crowley, Jack Hoadley, and Joan Alker, Georgetown University Health Policy Institute
May 2008 - Medicaid Pilots at One Year: How Is the New Medicaid Marketplace Faring?
Joan Alker and Jack Hoadley, Georgetown University Health Policy Institute
December 2007 - Summary of The Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007
Cindy Mann, Joan Alker, Jocelyn Guyer, and Dawn Horner, Center for Children and Families
September 2007 - Uncertain Access to Needed Drugs: Florida’s Medicaid Reform Creates Challenges for Patients
Joan Alker and Jack Hoadley, Georgetown University Health Policy Institute
July 2007 - Waving Cautionary Flags: Initial Reactions from Doctors and Patients to Florida's Medicaid Changes
Joan Alker and Jack Hoadley, Georgetown University Health Policy Institute
May 2007 - Medicaid Changes: What Will They Mean for Broward and Duval Counties, and Beyond?
Joan Alker and Jack Hoadley, Georgetown University Health Policy Institute
September 2006 - The Role of Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage for Immigrants
Joan Alker and Jennifer Ng’andu, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
June 2006 - The Deficit Reduction Act: A Review of Key Medicaid Provisions Affecting Children and Families
Jocelyn Guyer, Cindy Mann, and Joan Alker, Center for Children and Families
March 2006 - Georgia's Medicaid Program: A Briefing for Community Leaders
Joan Alker and Timothy Sweeney, Georgia Budget and Policy Institute and Healthcare Georgia Foundation
January 2006 - What Will Florida's "Medicaid Choice" Waiver Proposal Mean For Children?
Joan Alker, Center for Children and Families
January 2006 - Premium Assistance Programs: How are They Financed and Do States Save Money
Joan Alker, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
October 2005 - Understanding Florida's Medicaid Waiver Application
Joan Alker, Winter Park Health Foundation
September 2005 - A Success Story: Closing the Insurance Gap for America's Children through Medicaid and SCHIP
Cindy Mann, Jocelyn Guyer, and Joan Alker, Center for Children and Families
July 2005 - Understanding Florida's Medicaid Reform Legislation
Joan Alker and Lisa Portelli, Winter Park Health Foundation
June 2005 - Issues to Consider in Governor Bush's "Florida Medicaid Modernization Proposal”
Joan Alker and Lisa Portelli, Winter Park Health Foundation
March 2005 - Families at Risk: Impact Of Lower Eligibility Limits for Parents of Husky A Children
Joan Alker and Judith Solomon, Connecticut Health Foundation
January 2005 - Florida's Medicaid Budget: Why Are Costs Going Up?
Joan Alker and Lisa Portelli, Winter Park Health Foundation
July 2004 - Federal Medicaid Waiver Financing: Issues for California
Cindy Mann and Joan Alker, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
July 2004 - Immigrants and Health Coverage
Joan Alker and Marcela Urrutia, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
June 2004 - Families at Risk: Implications of A Global Cap on Connecticut's Federal Medicaid Funding
Joan Alker and Judith Solomon, Connecticut Health Foundation
April 2004 - What Could A Waiver To Restructure Medicaid Mean For Florida?
Joan Alker, Winter Park Health Foundation
April 2004 - Families at Risk: The Impact of Copayments and Reduced Benefits on Children in Husky A
Joan Alker and Judith Solomon, Connecticut Health Foundation
January 2004 - Families At Risk: The Impact of Premiums on Children and Parents in Husky A
Joan Alker and Judith Solomon, Connecticut Health Foundation
November 2003 - Serving Low-Income Families Through Premium Assistance: A Look At Recent State Activity
Joan Alker, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
October 2003 - Federal Proposals to Restructure Medicaid: What Could They Mean For Connecticut?
Joan Alker, Cindy Mann, and Fouad Pervez, Anthem Foundation of Connecticut, Children's Health Council, and the Connecticut Health Foundation
July 2003