Federal
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CHIPRA 2009 Overview and Summary
On February 4, 2009, President Obama signed into law the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA). The new law (Public Law No. 111-3) is designed to provide coverage to significant numbers of uninsured children and to improve the quality of care that all of America’s children receive. Most notably, it strengthens and extends…
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Cost Sharing for Children and Families in Medicaid and CHIP
Cost sharing is an established part of health insurance in this country, but it is imperative to use it judiciously in Medicaid and CHIP to avoid deterring low-income children and families from using needed health care services. While some families served by these programs are able to pay premiums or make copayments, others, especially those…
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Building on a Solid Foundation: Medicaid’s Role in a Reformed Health Care System
By Martha Heberlein Health care reform is once again a front and center issue – at the White House and in the halls of Congress, in state capitols and corporate boardrooms, and around kitchen tables across America. Covering the uninsured, reigning in health care costs, and obtaining better quality and value for our health care…
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Medicaid and Health Reform: How Will They Work Together?
By Jocelyn Guyer Child Welfare League of America — Presentation Document February 2009
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CHIP Reauthorization: New Opportunities for Moving Forward
By Cindy Mann Commonwealth Fund Leadership Forum on Early Childhood Development — Presentation Document February 2009
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The Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009
On February 4, 2009, President Obama signed into law the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA). The new law (Public Law No. 111-3) is designed to provide coverage to significant numbers of uninsured children and to improve the quality of care that all of America’s children receive. Most notably, it strengthens and…
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The Impact of Health Reform on Public Programs
Author: Cindy Mann National Health Policy Forum – Presentation Document February 2009
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State Child Buy-In Programs: A Snapshot
Author: Dawn Horner Families USA — Presentation Document January 2009
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Children in Health Care Reform: Where Things Stand
The country has made significant progress covering children. Health reform has the potential to build upon this success by opening new doorways so that all children have quality and affordable health insurance and providing coverage options to their parents and the other adults in their lives. This fact sheet provides basic information on the coverage…
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Fact Sheet on Senator Baucus’ Call to Action
This fact sheet provides a review of the key provisions of Senator Baucus’ white paper on health reform.
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Keeping the Promise to Children and Families in Tough Economic Times
Ten years of progress on children’s health care coverage is threatened by increasing unemployment, declining state revenues, and a growing affordability gap between family income and the cost of healthcare coverage. This report estimates that over the past year, 4.1 million people have lost their employer-based coverage, including 1.2 million children. It offers options to…
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Getting to the Finish Line on Children’s Coverage
Author: Cindy Mann, National Health Policy Forum — Presentation Document September 2008
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Program Design Snapshot: Public Coverage Waiting Periods for Children
By Martha Heberlein “Waiting period” refers to the length of time a child is required to be uninsured prior to enrolling in a public health coverage program. The restriction generally applies to separate SCHIP programs only, as waiting periods are not permitted in Medicaid without a waiver. Waiting periods are primarily designed to deter crowd…
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Georgetown Center for Children and Families: Strengthening Medicaid Project
Author: Vikki Wachino Council of State Governments — Presentation Document May 2008
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Out of Touch: A Status Report on CMS’s August 17th Directive
By Jocelyn Guyer On August 17, 2007, CMS sent a letter, known as the August 17th directive, to state health officials sharply restricting the ability of states to cover uninsured children using SCHIP funds. New data and analyses from state officials, research organizations, and policy experts raise significant questions about the basis for and the…
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Covering Uninsured Children: The Impact of the August 17 CHIP Directive
Author: Cindy Mann U.S. Senate Finance Committee, Subcommittee on Health Care — Testimony Document April 9, 2008
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CMS August 17 Directive: Decline in Private Coverage Requirement
What the Directive Requires Under the August 17, 2007 directive, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) imposed new conditions that states must meet in order to cover children with gross family incomes above 250 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL) with SCHIP funding. One of these conditions required that there is “assurance…
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CMS 95% Coverage Rate Requirement
What the Directive Required Under the directive, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) imposed new conditions that states must meet in order to cover children with gross family incomes above 250 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL) with SCHIP funds. One of these conditions required that at least 95 percent of children…
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SCHIP Funding in the Year Ahead: Implications of the Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Extension Act
By Jocelyn Guyer Although Congress twice passed SCHIP reauthorization bills with strong, bi-partisan support in 2007, President Bush’s decision to veto these bills ultimately led Congress to simply extend the existing SCHIP program with new funding through March 2009. This issue brief provides details on the financing provisions of the extension and state-specific data on…
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Advancing Efficient Management and Purchasing of Prescription Drugs in Medicaid
Prescription drugs are both central to effective health care and a major driver of spending in the Medicaid program, accounting for more than $19 billion in Medicaid spending in 2006. This paper puts forward state and federal approaches to help manage prescription drugs efficiently and ensure that Medicaid gets the best possible price on prescription…