Health Action 2004 Tool Kit: Special Populations

• Communities of Color
• Immigrants
• Dual Eligibles and QMBs/SLMBs
• People with Disabilities
• Women

Communities of Color

• Health Coverage in African American Communities: What's the problem and what can we do about it? (Families USA)
• Health Coverage in Latino Communities: What's the problem and what can you do about it? (Families USA)
• Health Coverage in Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities: What's the problem and what can you do about it? (Families USA)
• Key Facts: Race, Ethnicity, and Medical Care (Kaiser Family Foundation)
• Hispanics Face High Rates of Unstable Health Care Coverage, Low Rates of Preventative Care (The Commonwealth Fund)
• Charts: Insurance, Access, and Quality of Care Among Hispanic Populations (The Commonwealth Fund)
• Gaps in Health Insurance Coverage Narrow Among White, Black, Hispanic Children (Urban Institute)
• Ensuring Linguistic Access in Health Care Settings: An Overview of Current Legal Rights and Responsibilities (Kaiser Family Foundation)
• The Growing Need for Language Services (National Health Law Program)
• How Can States Get Federal Funds to Help Pay for Language Services for Medicaid and SCHIP Enrollees? (National Health Law Program)

Immigrants

• Immigrants' Health Care Coverage and Access (Kaiser Family Foundation)
• Disparities in Health Coverage, Access, and Quality: The Impact of Citizenship Status and Language on Low-Income Immigrants (Kaiser Family Foundation)
• Overview of Immigrant Eligibility for Federal Programs (National Immigration Law Center)
• The Immigrant Children's Health Improvement Act (ICHIA): A Good Investment in America's Future (Families USA) - see below for Spanish version
• El Acta de Mejora de Salud de Ninos Immigrantes (ICHIA): Una Buena Inversion en el Futuro de los Estados Unidos (Families USA)
• Immigrant Children's Health Improvement Act - ICHIA (National Immigration Law Center)
• Sponsor Deeming and Sponsor Liability Requirements: Barriers to Improving Immigrant Children's Health (Families USA)
• Health Insurance Coverage of Children in Mixed-Status Immigrant Families (Urban Institute)
• Children of Immigrants Show Slight Reductions in Poverty, Hardship (Urban Institute)
• Immigrants and TANF: A Look at Immigrant Welfare Recipients in Three Cities (Urban Institute)

Dual Eligibles and QMBs/SLMBs

• Who are Medicare's Low-Income Beneficiaries? (Families USA)
• Dual Enrollees: Medicaid's Role for Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries (Kaiser Family Foundation)
• List and Definition of Medicare/Medicaid Dual Eligibles (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)
• Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Two for One or Double Jeopardy? (National Health Policy Forum)
• Prescription Drug Cost-Sharing and Low-Income People: Five Good Reasons to Keep it Minimal (Families USA)
• The Medicaid-Medicare Link: State Medicaid Programs are Shouldering a Greater Share of the Costs of Care for Seniors and People with Disabilities (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities)

People with Disabilities

• The Role of Health Coverage for People with Disabilities: Findings from 12 Focus Groups with People with Disabilities (Kaiser Family Foundation)
• Safety Net or Tangled Web? An Overview of Programs and Services for Adults with Disabilities (Urban Institute)
• New Survey Shows People with Disabilities Face Major Barriers to Health Care Due to Cost (Kaiser Family Foundation)
• Charts: Survey of People with Disabilities, 2003 (Kaiser Family Foundation)
• Medicaid and Work Incentives for People with Disabilities: Background and Issues (Urban Institute)
• State Protection and Advocacy Agencies (National Association of Protection and Advocacy Systems)

Women

• Women's Access to Care: Private Insurance Coverage (National Women's Law Center/Kaiser Family Foundation)
• Women's Access to Care: Medicaid Policy (National Women's Law Center/Kaiser Family Foundation)
• Women's Access to Care: Reproductive Health Policy (National Women's Law Center/Kaiser Family Foundation)