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Medicaid/CHIP: Low-Income Families

Basic Facts About Low-Income Adults Under 65
This brief examines the characteristics and insurance coverage of low-income adults under age 65, a group numbering more than 50 million people who are among the least likely in the U.S. to have health insurance.

Health Coverage in an Economic Downturn: Impact of Tight Budgets for Families and States
The economic downturn has strained family finances and led some Americans to cut back on medical care. The Foundation has a number of resources that shed light on how Americans and states are faring and provide background on the uninsured, employer-sponsored health insurance costs and trends in states’ Medicaid enrollment and spending.

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Matching Health Benefit Packages to Health Needs: Key Issues To Consider In Health Reform -- September 2009

Three reports and a video examine the range of health care needs and costs that people face today against the backdrop of the scope of health coverage that may be available to them under health reform.

Children and Health Care Reform: Assuring Coverage That Meets Their Health Care Needs -- September 2009

This issue brief examines the health care needs and health costs of children and analyzes the specific health care needs of two children in particular, including one with serious health challenges, against the backdrop of the health coverage that may be available under health reform.

Individuals with Special Needs and Health Reform: Adequacy of Health Insurance Coverage -- September 2009

This issue brief examines the health care needs and health costs of individuals with special health challenges, focusing on those with low-to-moderate incomes, against the backdrop of the health coverage that may be available under health reform.

Massachusetts Health Care Reform: Three Years Later -- September 2009

This fact sheet describes the basic components of the landmark Massachusetts health reform law, examines how many people have gained coverage and discusses cost containment and affordability goals and implementation challenges.

Health Reform: Lessons From Massachusetts -- September 2009

Two reports and an updated fact sheet examine state-level health reform in Massachusetts and the lessons it offers for policymakers in Washington.

How Will The Uninsured Be Affected By Health Reform? -- August 2009
This series of four briefs examines the uninsured and explores how they could be affected by health reform proposals that would expand Medicaid to cover more people and provide subsidies to low-to-middle income people to purchase health insurance. Three briefs look at uninsured children, uninsured parents and uninsured childless adults, respectively, while the fourth looks at the uninsured more generally.

Express Lane Eligibility Efforts: Lessons Learned from Early State Cross-Program Enrollment Initiatives -- August 2009

The Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA) includes new Express Lane Eligibility provisions that provide states new options to reach and enroll eligible but uninsured low-income children into Medicaid and CHIP by relying on eligibility findings from other programs, such as Head Start or Food Stamps. This brief is the first in a new series called Putting Children on the Express Lane to Health Insurance that will provide information on key issues related to implementing Express Lane Eligibility. It discusses lessons learned from early state cross-program enrollment efforts that can inform future Express Lane Eligibility efforts.

Key Questions about Changes for Medicaid and Low-Income Individuals: HR 3200 America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 -- August 2009
This brief highlights some key questions about provisions related to Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and provisions that affect low-income individuals included in HR 3200, the America’s Affordable Health Choices Act 2009 (the House Tri-Committee Bill).

On The Edge: Health Care in the Recession -- August 2009

This video explores the financial and personal struggles of families who have suffered economic reversals and lost jobs and job-based health coverage.

Rising Health Pressures in an Economic Recession -- August 2009

Rising Health Pressures in an Economic Recession

Three reports and a video examine the range of health care needs and costs that people face today against the backdrop of the scope of health coverage that may be available to them under health reform.

This issue brief examines the health care needs and health costs of children and analyzes the specific health care needs of two children in particular, including one with serious health challenges, against the backdrop of the health coverage that may be available under health reform.

This issue brief examines the health care needs and health costs of individuals with special health challenges, focusing on those with low-to-moderate incomes, against the backdrop of the health coverage that may be available under health reform.

This fact sheet describes the basic components of the landmark Massachusetts health reform law, examines how many people have gained coverage and discusses cost containment and affordability goals and implementation challenges.

Two reports and an updated fact sheet examine state-level health reform in Massachusetts and the lessons it offers for policymakers in Washington.

This series of four briefs examines the uninsured and explores how they could be affected by health reform proposals that would expand Medicaid to cover more people and provide subsidies to low-to-middle income people to purchase health insurance. Three briefs look at uninsured children, uninsured parents and uninsured childless adults, respectively, while the fourth looks at the uninsured more generally.

The Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA) includes new Express Lane Eligibility provisions that provide states new options to reach and enroll eligible but uninsured low-income children into Medicaid and CHIP by relying on eligibility findings from other programs, such as Head Start or Food Stamps. This brief is the first in a new series called Putting Children on the Express Lane to Health Insurance that will provide information on key issues related to implementing Express Lane Eligibility. It discusses lessons learned from early state cross-program enrollment efforts that can inform future Express Lane Eligibility efforts.

This brief highlights some key questions about provisions related to Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and provisions that affect low-income individuals included in HR 3200, the America’s Affordable Health Choices Act 2009 (the House Tri-Committee Bill).

This video explores the financial and personal struggles of families who have suffered economic reversals and lost jobs and job-based health coverage.

Rising Health Pressures in an Economic Recession

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Medicaid/SCHIP: Low-Income Families

Although the children in low-income families are generally eligible for Medicaid or SCHIP, the vast majority of parents in these families do not qualify for publicly-subsidized coverage unless they have income far below the poverty line and minimal assets. Since these parents tend to work in low-wage jobs that often do not offer health insurance coverage, they are at high risk of being uninsured – close to one third of parents in families with income below 200 percent of the poverty line are uninsured. When low-income working parents lack coverage, they are more likely to go without needed care or to incur catastrophically high medical bills. A growing body of research also indicates the children of parents without health insurance are more likely themselves to be uninsured and to lack access to care. One particularly vulnerable group of low-income families is those in which the parents have recently left welfare for employment. Although these families generally are eligible to receive some transitional health care coverage through Medicaid after leaving welfare, they often miss out on this coverage due to challenging enrollment procedures and end up uninsured.