New on the Web February 2013
From the Alliance for Health Reform: “Medicare 101: What You Need to Know”
From the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: “Online Services for Key Low-Income Benefit Programs”
From the Commonwealth Fund: “Implementing the Affordable Care Act: State Action on the 2014 Market Reforms”
From the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured: “Getting into Gear for 2014: Findings from a 50-State Survey of Eligibility, Enrollment, Renewal, and Cost-Sharing Policies in Medicaid and CHIP, 2012-2013,”“Medicaid's Role in Meeting the Long-Term Care Needs of America's Seniors,” “Implementation of Affordable Care Act Provisions to Improve Nursing Home Transparency, Care Quality, and Abuse Prevention”
From the Kaiser Family Foundation: “Medigap: Spotlight on Enrollment, Premiums, and Recent Trends,” “Policy Options to Sustain Medicare for the Future”
From the Pew Charitable Trusts: “Infographic: How Many People Would Medicaid Expansion Cover?”
From the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: “The Roadmap to Reduce Disparities”
From the Alliance for Health Reform:
Medicare 101: What You Need to Know answers the following questions about the program: What is Medicare, and what is its role in the health care system? How has the program evolved over time? Who is eligible, and what benefits does it cover? How much does Medicare cost? And how is it financed? (February 2013)
From the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities:
Online Services for Key Low-Income Benefit Programs describes the information and services that states make available online for programs such as the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and Medicaid. It includes a chart that shows which states offer online applications and a list of links to information about low-income programs in each state. (January 2013)
From the Commonwealth Fund:
Implementing the Affordable Care Act: State Action on the 2014 Market Reforms finds that only 11 states and the District of Columbia have taken legislative action to allow state regulators to enforce the law’s consumer protections. Since states continue to be the primary regulators of health insurance, the remaining states should take steps to ensure that consumers see the full benefits of the protections in the Affordable Care Act. (February 2013)
From the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured:
Medicaid's Role in Meeting the Long-Term Care Needs of America's Seniors examines Medicaid's role as the nation's primary payer of long-term services and supports. It includes state-level data on Medicaid enrollment and expenditures for elderly beneficiaries. (February 2013)
Getting into Gear for 2014: Findings from a 50-State Survey of Eligibility, Enrollment, Renewal, and Cost-Sharing Policies in Medicaid and CHIP, 2012-2013 provides a snapshot of current state policies and procedures, and it highlights the changes that states will need to make to prepare for full implementation of the Affordable Care Act in 2014. (January 2013)
Implementation of Affordable Care Act Provisions to Improve Nursing Home Transparency, Care Quality, and Abuse Prevention describes the new requirements that were included in the Affordable Care Act for nursing homes that participate in Medicare and Medicaid. It also explains the reasons for incorporating these requirements into the law and the progress that has been made in implementing them so far. (January 2013)
From the Kaiser Family Foundation:
Medigap: Spotlight on Enrollment, Premiums, and Recent Trends provides a detailed look at the market for private Medicare supplemental insurance plans, known as Medigap plans, including national and state trends in enrollment and premiums. It finds that premiums for identical plans vary widely across the country and within states, and that more than half of enrollees are in plans that cover the entire deductible for Medicare Part A and Part B. (February 2013)
Policy Options to Sustain Medicare for the Future presents a variety of options for changes to Medicare that could result in savings. It discusses the possible implications of these options for Medicare beneficiaries and health care providers, and it estimates how much each option could potentially save. (January 2013)
From the Pew Charitable Trusts:
Infographic: How Many People Would Medicaid Expansion Cover? illustrates the percentage of adults in each state that would be affected by the Medicaid expansion, and it indicates which states will expand and which states are still undecided. (January 2013)
From the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation:
The Roadmap to Reduce Disparities is an infographic that shows a six-step process for integrating work to reduce disparities into all efforts to improve the quality of health care. The six steps are linking quality and equality, creating a culture of equity, diagnosing the disparity, designing the activity, securing buy-in, and implementing change. (January 2013)
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