This issue brief explains the key enrollment-related provisions of the new health reform law, discusses the elements of an enrollment system that would comply with the law's requirements and offers strategies -- and examples -- of how to achieve such a system that seamlessly addresses the different populations served by Medicaid, CHIP and the new Exchanges.

This report provides an early look at state efforts to prepare for health reform, examining in particular the experiences to date in Connecticut, Michigan, Massachusetts, North Carolina and Washington.

This series examines how selected states are using technology in innovative ways to streamline and simplify Medicaid enrollment.

The health reform law will expand Medicaid to millions of low-income adults, including many childless adults who have historically been ineligible for the program,  necessitating one of the largest enrollment efforts in the program's history.  This report examines lessons learned to help inform the expansion effort based on past state experience covering childless adults through waiver and state-funded programs.

This fact sheet provides an overview of Wisconsin's BadgerCare Plus Program, which merged the state's three distinct Medicaid programs for children, parents and pregnant women into a single comprehensive health coverage program.

This issue brief highlights the experience of seven states (Alabama, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Texas and Vermont) in protecting children's health coverage during the beginning of the recession. In these seven states alone, 500,000 children gained coverage in 2008, representing nearly two-thirds of the national decline in uninsured children.

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

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.

This policy brief examines the structure and experience of Community Care of North Carolina, an enhanced medical home model of care that the state adopted in its Medicaid program. It also discusses the lessons of the program for broader health reform efforts.

In 2007, San Francisco became the first city in the nation to begin implementation of a plan to provide health care services to all uninsured residents. This fact sheet summarizes Healthy San Francisco, how it came to be, and key policy issues facing the program.