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Fact Sheet: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA): Medicaid and Health Care Provisions
A concise examination of federal assistance for state Medicaid programs and other key health provisions in the $787 billion economic stimulus package enacted in February 2009.

Federal Support for Health Information Technology in Medicaid: Key Provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
This e-health snapshot provides an overview of the health information technology provisions in the law that have direct implications for Medicaid.

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Medicaid Expenditures Increased by 5.3% in 2007, Led By Acute Care Spending Growth -- September 2009

This brief presents analysis of the latest available Medicaid spending and enrollment data to examine recent trends in program enrollment, total spending, spending by service, and spending per enrollee. The focus is on spending changes between 2006 and 2007, with historical context also provided.

Federal Support for Health Information Technology in Medicaid: Key Provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act -- August 2009

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) includes an unprecedented nearly $47 billion federal investment in health information technology initiatives. This e-health snapshot provides an overview of the health information technology provisions in the law that have direct implications for Medicaid.

State Fiscal Conditions & Medicaid -- August 2009

This fact sheet summarizes the relationship of Medicaid with state budgets and discusses the current fiscal situation in the states and how it is affecting Medicaid programs.

Rising Health Pressures in an Economic Recession -- August 2009

Rising Health Pressures in an Economic Recession

Struggling With Financing: The Recession and National Health Reform Dominate State Medicaid Concerns -- August 2009

This report draws on interviews with state Medicaid directors to examine the prospect of Medicaid cuts in some states, the impact of federal stimulus funding and the ways directors see health reform affecting their programs.

Explaining Health Care Reform: How Might a Reform Plan Be Financed? -- July 2009
This brief explains the likely sources of added costs under health reform, the types of financing measures being considered, and some of the key questions likely to be addressed by how a plan is financed.

CHIP TIPS: New Federal Funding Available to Cover Immigrant Children and Pregnant Women -- July 2009

This brief, the fifth in a series, examines a new option under the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 that allows states to receive federal funds for providing Medicaid and CHIP coverage to lawfully residing immigrant children and pregnant women regardless of when they entered the country.

Explaining Health Care Reform: What is Medicaid? -- June 2009
This brief explains the role of Medicaid in the health care system and addresses some key questions and issues related to Medicaid that could emerge in the context of current health reform discussions.

CHIP TIPS: CHIP Financing Structure -- June 2009

This brief, the fourth in a series, examines important changes to CHIP's financing structure under the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009.

New Kaiser Resources Examine Medicaid as a Platform for Health Reform -- May 2009

These related research papers, released at a public briefing, examine the policy opportunities for expanding Medicaid to cover more low-income and high-need people in ways that would enable the program to serve as a platform for larger national health reform efforts.

This brief presents analysis of the latest available Medicaid spending and enrollment data to examine recent trends in program enrollment, total spending, spending by service, and spending per enrollee. The focus is on spending changes between 2006 and 2007, with historical context also provided.

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) includes an unprecedented nearly $47 billion federal investment in health information technology initiatives. This e-health snapshot provides an overview of the health information technology provisions in the law that have direct implications for Medicaid.

This fact sheet summarizes the relationship of Medicaid with state budgets and discusses the current fiscal situation in the states and how it is affecting Medicaid programs.

Rising Health Pressures in an Economic Recession

This report draws on interviews with state Medicaid directors to examine the prospect of Medicaid cuts in some states, the impact of federal stimulus funding and the ways directors see health reform affecting their programs.

This brief explains the likely sources of added costs under health reform, the types of financing measures being considered, and some of the key questions likely to be addressed by how a plan is financed.

This brief, the fifth in a series, examines a new option under the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 that allows states to receive federal funds for providing Medicaid and CHIP coverage to lawfully residing immigrant children and pregnant women regardless of when they entered the country.

This brief explains the role of Medicaid in the health care system and addresses some key questions and issues related to Medicaid that could emerge in the context of current health reform discussions.

This brief, the fourth in a series, examines important changes to CHIP's financing structure under the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009.

These related research papers, released at a public briefing, examine the policy opportunities for expanding Medicaid to cover more low-income and high-need people in ways that would enable the program to serve as a platform for larger national health reform efforts.

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Medicaid/SCHIP: Spending and Budgets
States play a major role in the delivery and financing of health care in the United States, primarily through the Medicaid program, which is the second-largest program in state budgets. Since 2001, state revenues have fallen dramatically at the same time that Medicaid spending has increased. States’ deteriorating fiscal conditions have placed major pressure on states to implement ways to reduce spending growth in their Medicaid programs. In fiscal years 2003 and 2004, every state and the District of Columbia put in place new Medicaid cost containment strategies, including increasing beneficiary co-payments, restricting eligibility, limiting benefits and reducing payments to providers. The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured provides timely analysis of the changes states are making, including biennial 50-state surveys of states’ Medicaid cost containment activity, in-depth analysis of the factors behind Medicaid spending growth, and analytic perspectives on the driving forces behind the state budget crisis.