Health Coverage & the Uninsured: Trends in Health Coverage

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New Analysis Shows Effect of Rising Unemployment on Health Coverage, Medicaid and SCHIP Spending and Enrollment
Every one percentage point rise in the unemployment rate leads to a 1.1 million increase in the uninsured population and a one million increase in Medicaid and SCHIP enrollment, according to a new Kaiser analysis. Another report analyzes the history of Medicaid during recent economic downturns.

The Decline in the Uninsured in 2007: Why Did It Happen and Can It Last?
This policy brief examines the underlying shifts in health insurance coverage in 2007 that led to an increase in coverage and projects that the current economic downturn and rising unemployment rate likely will cause the number of uninsured to grow by at least 2 million in 2008.

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Congressional Testimony on Expanding Health Care Coverage -- May 2009
This contains the prepared written testimony of Foundation Executive Vice President Diane Rowland and Vice President Gary Claxton, who each testified May 5, 2009, before the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance's Roundtable On Health Care Coverage.

Health Care and Medicaid -- Weathering the Recession -- March 2009

Diane Rowland, executive vice president of the Kaiser Family Foundation and executive director of the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, examines the ongoing recession's impact on health coverage and state Medicaid programs, which face growing demand and enrollment at the same time that states are confronting severe budget crises.

New, Updated Resources on Community Health Centers -- March 2009

The Kaiser Family Foundation has issued three new resources that examine the role of community health centers as a key components of the U.S. health care system, providing primary care to more than 16 million patients nationwide in 2007.

How Is The Primary Care Safety Net Faring in Massachusetts? Community Health Centers In The Midst of Health Reform -- March 2009

This report examines how community health centers have fared under Massachusetts' health reform law.

Community Health Centers -- March 2009

This fact sheet provides a basic overview of community health centers, covering issues such as the patients they serve, the services they provide and the financing they receive.

Health Care Costs: A Primer -- March 2009
This primer on health care costs examines the rapid growth in the nation’s health care costs since 1970, when the average growth in health spending exceeded the growth of the economy as a whole by an average of 2.5 percentage points. It also examines the impact of health care costs on families, with insurance premiums rising 87% between 2000 and 2006, more than four times the growth in wages.

Trends in Health Care Costs and Spending -- March 2009
This fact sheet on health care costs presents key statistics about the growth, level and impact of rising U.S. health care costs. It covers spending on various medical services, sources of health spending, employer-sponsored health coverage and the impact on businesses and people.

National Health Insurance — A Brief History Of Reform Efforts In The U.S. -- March 2009
This policy brief provides an overview of health reform efforts in the United States over much of the last century.

Annual Updates on Eligibility Rules, Enrollment and Renewal Procedures, and Cost-Sharing Practices in Medicaid and SCHIP -- January 2009

This resource page links to the annual reports on changes in state Medicaid and SCHIP programs released by the Kaiser Family Foundation's Commission on Medicaid.

Challenges of Providing Health Coverage for Children and Parents in a Recession: A 50 State Update on Eligibility Rules, Enrollment and Renewal Procedures, and Cost-Sharing Practices in Medicaid and SCHIP in 2009 -- January 2009

This eighth annual 50-state survey of eligibility rules, enrollment and renewal procedures, and cost-sharing practices in Medicaid and SCHIP for children finds that state efforts to expand coverage to children slowed in state fiscal year 2008.

This contains the prepared written testimony of Foundation Executive Vice President Diane Rowland and Vice President Gary Claxton, who each testified May 5, 2009, before the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance's Roundtable On Health Care Coverage.

Diane Rowland, executive vice president of the Kaiser Family Foundation and executive director of the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, examines the ongoing recession's impact on health coverage and state Medicaid programs, which face growing demand and enrollment at the same time that states are confronting severe budget crises.

The Kaiser Family Foundation has issued three new resources that examine the role of community health centers as a key components of the U.S. health care system, providing primary care to more than 16 million patients nationwide in 2007.

This report examines how community health centers have fared under Massachusetts' health reform law.

This fact sheet provides a basic overview of community health centers, covering issues such as the patients they serve, the services they provide and the financing they receive.

This primer on health care costs examines the rapid growth in the nation’s health care costs since 1970, when the average growth in health spending exceeded the growth of the economy as a whole by an average of 2.5 percentage points. It also examines the impact of health care costs on families, with insurance premiums rising 87% between 2000 and 2006, more than four times the growth in wages.

This fact sheet on health care costs presents key statistics about the growth, level and impact of rising U.S. health care costs. It covers spending on various medical services, sources of health spending, employer-sponsored health coverage and the impact on businesses and people.

This policy brief provides an overview of health reform efforts in the United States over much of the last century.

This resource page links to the annual reports on changes in state Medicaid and SCHIP programs released by the Kaiser Family Foundation's Commission on Medicaid.

This eighth annual 50-state survey of eligibility rules, enrollment and renewal procedures, and cost-sharing practices in Medicaid and SCHIP for children finds that state efforts to expand coverage to children slowed in state fiscal year 2008.

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Health Coverage & the Uninsured: Trends in Health Coverage

In a voluntary system of private and public health insurance a family’s insurance status can change quickly within even the course of one year. These shifts have added up to substantial changes in annual estimates of those with and without health coverage --nearly every year since the early 1990s. Trends in health insurance coverage are driven largely by changes in employer-sponsored health benefit offers, the incomes of working families, the costs of health insurance premiums, and the accessibility of public insurance for low-income families.