Health Action 2007 Tool Kit: Medicaid

• General

• DRA

• Long-Term Care 

General

The Medicaid Program at a Glance (Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured)

Chapter 6: Medicaid (Alliance for Health Reform)

The Basics: Medicaid Financing (National Health Policy Forum)

Low Medicaid Spending Growth amid Rebounding State Revenues: Results from a 50-State Medicaid Budget Survey, State Fiscal Years 2006 and 2007 (Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured)

Can Medicaid Do More with Less? (The Commonwealth Fund)

Medicaid’s High Cost Enrollees: How Much Do They Drive Program Spending? (Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured)

Medicaid, Prevention and Public Health: Invest Today for a Healthier Tomorrow (American Public Health Association) (No link available)

The Medicaid Commission Final Recommendations (U. S. Department of Health and Human Services)

Medicaid’s Role for People with Disabilities (Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured)

Health Care for Children and Adults with Disabilities (Disability Policy Collaboration)

Medicaid: A Vital Source of Coverage for Communities of Color (Families USA)

Medicaid, Birth Control and Women’s Health (National Women’s Law Center)

DRA

Overview: Medicaid and the Deficit Reduction Act 101 (Families USA)

The Nuts and Bolts of Making Medicaid Policy Changes: An Overview and a Look at the Deficit Reduction Act (Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured)

New Developments in Medicaid Coverage: Who Bears Financial Risk and Responsibility? (Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured)

The Burden of Proof: New Regulations Worsen Citizenship Documentation Requirement in Medicaid (Families USA)

Documenting Citizenship and Identity Using Data Matches: A Promising Strategy for State Medicaid Programs (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities)

Cost-Sharing and Premiums: Shifting Costs to Those Who Can Afford It Least (Families USA)

Medicaid Benefit Package Changes: Coming to a State Near You? (Families USA)

Letter to HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt (Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities)

What Deficit Reduction Means for People with Mental Disabilities (Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law)

Medicaid Changes: What Will They Mean for Broward and Duval Counties, and Beyond? (Georgetown University Health Policy Institute)

Vermont’s Global Commitment Waiver: Implications for the Medicaid Program (Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured)

West Virginia Medicaid State Plan Amendment: Key Program Changes and Questions (Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured)

KYHealth Choices Medicaid Reform: Key Program Changes and Questions (Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured)

A Case Study of the Utah Primary Care Network Waiver: Insights into Its Development, Design, & Implementation (National Opinion Research Center and Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured)

The Fallacy of Using Cash and Counseling to Support Proposals to Convert Medicaid to Vouchers or Health Savings Accounts (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities)

Defined-Contribution Plans and Limited-Benefit Arrangements: Implications for Medicaid Beneficiaries (The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services)

 
Long-Term Care

Chapter 7: Long Term Care (Alliance for Health Reform)

Medicaid’s Long-Term Care Beneficiaries: An Analysis of Spending Patterns (Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured)

Long Term Services and Supports (Disability Policy Collaboration)

Rebalancing: Ensuring Greater Access to Home and Community-Based Services (AARP Public Policy Institute)

Cash & Counseling Moves into the Mainstream (Alliance for Health Reform)

Frontline Perspectives on Long-Term Care Financing Decisions and Medicaid Assets Transfer Practices (Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured)

Fact Sheet on Medicaid’s New Transfer of Asset Rules (National Senior Citizens Law Center) (No link available)

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