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Key Issues in Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Two briefs examine current issues in providing more people who need long-term care services and supports access to these Medicaid services in home and community-based settings rather than in institutional ones. Updated Fact Sheet, Issue Brief on the Uninsured Two updated documents offer the latest available data on the uninsured, shedding light on an issue at the heart of the health reform debate. How Does Health Coverage and Access to Care For Immigrants Vary by Length of Time in the U.S.? This analysis examines how health coverage and access to care for non-elderly adults vary based on immigrants’ length of time in the U.S. and between immigrants, second generation Americans and third generation and higher Americans. It also identifies the primary factors contributing to lower health coverage rates and greater access barriers among immigrants. Express Lane Eligibility Efforts: Lessons Learned from Early State Cross-Program Enrollment Initiatives This brief, the first in a new series on key issues related to implementing Express Lane Eligibility, discusses lessons learned from early state cross-program enrollment efforts that can inform future Express Lane Eligibility efforts. 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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Immigrants’ Health Coverage and Health Reform: Key Questions and Answers -- September 2009

Updated Resources on the Uninsured and Health Reform -- September 2009

Key Issues in Medicaid and Home and Community-Based Services and Support -- September 2009

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

Medicaid Enrollment in 50 States: June 2008 Data Update -- September 2009

CHIP Enrollment: June 2008 Data Snapshot -- September 2009

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

Video: Oral Histories: Report from a Dental Fair -- September 2009

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

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

This issue brief provides an overview of key questions related to immigrant health care and health reform, addressing subjects such as how immigrants receive health coverage, how many of the uninsured are non-citizen immigrants and what would happen to coverage for non-citizen immigrants under current health reform proposals.

Two updated documents offer the latest available data on the uninsured, shedding light on an issue at the heart of the health reform debate.

These briefs examine current issues in providing more people who need long-term care services and supports access to these Medicaid services in home and community-based settings rather than in institutional ones.

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.

This data update shows that in June 2008, 43.5 million individuals were enrolled in Medicaid in the 50 states and the District of Columbia, a 3.0 percent increase from the previous June. The increase represents a major reversal from the 0.6 percent decline from June 2006 to June 2007.

This report provides the latest data on Children's Health Insurance Program enrollment and policy trends nationally and across the states through June 2008.

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 video, a companion to a report of the same title, profiles patients attending a dental fair in rural Virginia and highlights the impact of lack of coverage for oral health services on adults. Uninsured adults have vast oral care needs, and untreated dental problems can have serious health, employment and social consequences, highlighting the relationship between inadequate benefits and unmet health needs.

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.

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