Regulations, Forms & Other Useful Documents
2007 Health Insurance Survey of Farm and Ranch Operators
Author(s): Bill Lottero, Carol Pryor, Mark Rukavina, Jeffrey Prottas, Alana Knudson
Sponsoring organization: Access Project
Issue brief describing health insurance coverage among farmers and ranchers. Based on a survey of non-corporate farm and ranch operators in seven states: Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
Date: 09 / 2007
A Roadmap to Health Insurance for All: Principles for Reform
Author(s): Sara R. Collins, Cathy Schoen, Karen Davis, Anne K. Gauthier, Stephen C. Schoenbaum
Sponsoring organization: Commonwealth Fund
Explores the different health insurance coverage options and how they improve quality and efficiency as well as gain control over spiraling health care costs.
Date: 10 / 2007
Basics: State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)
Author(s): Jennifer Ryan
Sponsoring organization: National Health Policy Forum
Covers the basics of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) including who is eligible, what services are covered, cost sharing issues, and how SCHIP is financed.
Date: 03 / 2007
Bridging the Gap: The Role of Individual Health Insurance Coverage
Author(s): Cyanne Demchak
Sponsoring organization: AcademyHealth
Explores the enrollment and disenrollment patterns and coverage duration with individual insurance.
Date: 02 / 2006
Challenges and Tradeoffs in Low-Income Family Budgets: Implications for Health Coverage
Author(s): Claudia Williams, James Rosen, Julie Hudman, Molly O'Malley
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
Explores the experiences of families trying to make ends meet on limited budgets. By discussing these families' work, spending patterns, financial challenges, priorities and tradeoffs and health care and coverage, this report intends to provide a deeper understanding of families' financial pressures and choices and information to assess the impact of current and proposed policies.
Date: 04 / 2004
Changes in Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Sponsorship, Eligibility, and Participation: 2001 to 2005 (Full Report)
Author(s): Lisa Clemans-Cope, Bowen Garrett
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
Provides a detailed account of how employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) coverage changed between 2001 and 2005, particularly among employees. Identifies which groups were hardest hit by the decline in job-based coverage and how the reasons for the decline in ESI varied across different groups of employees.
Date: 12 / 2006
Cost of Care for the Uninsured: What do we Spend, Who Pays, and What Would Full Coverage Add to Medical Spending?
Author(s): Jack Hadley, John Holahan
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
Finds that uninsured Americans could incur nearly $41 billion in uncompensated health care treatment in 2004, with federal, state and local governments paying as much as 85 percent of the care. It also finds that if the country provided coverage to all the uninsured, the cost of additional medical care provided to the newly insured would be $48 billion.
Date: 05 / 2004
Decade of SCHIP Experience and Issues for Reauthorization
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Family Foundation
Explores lessons learned and highlights key policy issues for the upcoming 2007 State Children's Health Insurance Program
reauthorization debate.
Date: 01 / 2007
Economic Downturn and Changes in Health Insurance Coverage, 2000-2003
Author(s): John Holahan, Arunabh Ghosh
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
Describes the changes in health insurance coverage from 2000-2003. Includes data on the number of uninsured, health insurance coverage of children through Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), health insurance coverage by race/ethnicity, and more.
Date: 09 / 2004
Enrolling Children in Medicaid and SCHIP: Insights from Focus Groups with Low-Income Parents
Author(s): Michael Perry, Julia Paradise
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
Explores low-income parents’ knowledge of Medicaid and SCHIP, their interest in enrolling their children, and the factors that pose barriers to their participation.
Date: 05 / 2007
Enrolling Uninsured Low-Income Children in Medicaid and SCHIP
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Family Foundation
Outlines issues in outreach and enrollment for Medicaid and SCHIP. Provides a profile of eligible but uninsured children, discusses the greatest barriers to enrollment, and offers strategies to improve enrollment.
Date: 01 / 2007
Family Coverage Under SCHIP Waivers
Author(s): Samantha Artiga, Cindy Mann
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
Examines the eleven states with programs that cover parents with SCHIP funds and considers them within the context of the states’ efforts to cover children. The information is based on a survey of these eleven states that was conducted in March-April 2007.
Date: 05 / 2007
Focus on Funding: Funding for SCHIP Outreach
Author(s): Beth Blevins
Sponsoring organization: Rural Assistance Center
Discusses the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), public health insurance programs, and federal and private funding for outreach.
Journal citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 03 / 2007
Health Care Opinion Leaders’ Views on Priorities for SCHIP Reauthorization
Author(s): Katherine K. Shea, Karen Davis, Anne K. Gauthier, Rachel Nuzum, Barry Scholl, Edward L. Schor
Sponsoring organization: Commonwealth Fund
The highlights of a Commonwealth Fund survey of experts on issues related to reauthorization of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) in 2007.
Date: 04 / 2007
Health Coverage and Access to Care for Hispanics in "New Growth Communities" and "Major Hispanic Centers"
Author(s): Peter Cunningham, Michelle Banker, Samantha Artiga, Jennifer Tolbert
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
Describes health insurance coverage and access to health care for Hispanics as the Hispanic population grows and moves beyond urban centers to rural and smaller urban communities. Compares Hispanics with non-Hispanic whites in these communities.
Date: 09 / 2006
Health Insurance Coverage and Access to Health Care for American Indian and Alaska Native Elders
Sponsoring organization: Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
Policy brief reporting findings from a study assessing health insurance coverage and access to health care among American Indian and Alaska Native elders (Native elders), using data from a national survey that included more than 8,300 Native elders.
Date: 10 / 2007
Health Insurance Coverage and Costs at Older Ages: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study
Author(s): Richard W. Johnson
Sponsoring organization: Urban Institute
Examines the availability and cost of health insurance coverage at older ages
and pays particular attention to employer-sponsored health benefits.
Date: 09 / 2006
Health Insurance Coverage in America: 2004 Data Update
Author(s): Catherine Hoffman, Alicia Carbaugh, Hannah Yang Moore, Allison Cook
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
Chartbook of year 2004 data on health insurance coverage, with special attention to the uninsured. It includes trends and major shifts in coverage and a profile of the uninsured population.
Date: 11 / 2005
Health Insurance Coverage in America: 2006 Data Update
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Family Foundation
A set of tables providing detailed information about health insurance coverage of the U.S. nonelderly population in 2006.
Date: 09 / 2007
Health Insurance Coverage in Rural America: Chartbook
Author(s): Erika C. Ziller, Andrew F. Coburn, Stephenie L. Loux, Catherine Hoffman, Timothy D. McBride
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Family Foundation
Information on rural-urban differences in health insurance coverage and differences in socio-economic and employment characteristics of those living in rural versus urban counties.
Date: 09 / 2003
Health Insurance Coverage of America's Children
Author(s): Karyn Schwartz, Catherine Hoffman, Allison Cook
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
Examines children's health insurance coverage by: family income, family work status, type of family or household, age, health status, race and ethnicity, citizenship status, and geographic region. Contains many figures and tables with detailed information.
Date: 01 / 2007
Health Insurance Status of Children in America, First Half 1996 - 2005: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population under Age 18
Author(s): Jeffrey A. Rhoades
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
This statistical brief presents estimates from the Household Component of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS-HC) concerning the health insurance status of children in the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population. MEPS-HC, an annual household survey sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), provides critical information for evaluating trends in health insurance status.
Date: 06 / 2006
Hidden Costs, Value Lost: Uninsurance in America (Full Report)
Sponsoring organization: Institute of Medicine
Covers some of the economic and social losses to the country of maintaining so many people without health insurance.
Date: 06 / 2003
Impact of Welfare Reform on Health Insurance Coverage in Rural Areas
Author(s): Timothy D. McBride, Courtney Andrews
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
Discusses the impact that welfare reform had on health insurance coverage for rural and urban areas. Includes information on employment status and health insurance coverage.
Date: 12 / 2005
In a Time of Growing Need: State Choices Influence Health Coverage Access for Children and Families
Author(s): Donna Cohen Ross, Laura Cox
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
The annual 50-state survey of enrollment and eligibility policies in Medicaid and SCHIP for low-income families reveals that 20 states are taking actions to simplify procedures and requirements for beneficiaries and, in some cases, expand eligibility.
Date: 10 / 2005
Individual Health Insurance: A Comprehensive Survey of Affordability, Access, and Benefits
Sponsoring organization: AHIP Center for Policy and Research
This study shows that individually purchased major medical insurance was more affordable and accessible than may be widely known, and offered a broad array of benefits.
Date: 08 / 2005
Instability of Public Health Insurance Coverage for Children and Their Families: Causes, Consequences, and Remedies
Author(s): Laura Summer, Cindy Mann
Sponsoring organization: Commonwealth Fund
Examines the extent, causes, and consequences of instability in public coverage programs for children and families. It focuses particularly on the phenomenon of "churning," which occurs when individuals lose and regain coverage in a short period of time. It also looks at strategies to make public program coverage more stable for children and families.
Date: 06 / 2006
Insuring America's Health: Principles and Recommendations
Sponsoring organization: Institute of Medicine
Offers a checklist of five principles useful in assessing coverage proposals. Describes the problems caused by a lack of health insurance, with statistics on the number of uninsured.
Date: 01 / 2004
More Americans, Including More Children, Now Lack Health Insurance
Sponsoring organization: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Provides Census data on the number of uninsured Americans.
Date: 08 / 2007
Number of Uninsured Americans is at an All-Time High
Provides U.S. Census data and other characteristics describing the current status of uninsured Americans in the United States.
Date: 08 / 2006
Opening Doorways to Health Care for Children: 10 Steps to Ensure Eligible but Uninsured Children Get Health Insurance
Author(s): Dawn Horner, Beth Morrow
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
Despite the success of Medicaid and SCHIP in reducing the number of uninsured low-income children, over eight million children remain uninsured. Seventy percent of these uninsured children are eligible for public health coverage. This report lays out a plan for creating a series of enrollment doorways that make enrollment and renewal of children both routine and timely. The recommendations require a combination of both state and federal action.
Date: 04 / 2006
Outreach Strategies for Medicaid and SCHIP: An Overview of Effective Strategies and Activities
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
Highlights key components of effective outreach strategies to enroll children in Medicaid and SCHIP and also to get them access to care once enrolled. Examines how these strategies have been implemented in states and the challenges of continuing to push for enrollment as states face continued fiscal pressures.
Date: 04 / 2006
Resuming the Path to Health Coverage for Children and Parents: A 50 State Update on Eligibility Rules, Enrollment and Renewal Procedures, and Cost-Sharing Practices in Medicaid and SCHIP in 2006
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Family Foundation
Results of a new 50-state survey that shows one-third of states (17) increased access to health coverage in 2006 and no state cut income eligibility in Medicaid and SCHIP for the first time in four years.
Date: 01 / 2007
Role of Medicaid and SCHIP as an Insurance Safety Net
Author(s): Stephen Zuckerman, Allison Cook
Sponsoring organization: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Documents the decline in health insurance coverage from employer-sponsored insurance for low-income adults and children between 2000 and 2004.
Date: 08 / 2006
Rural Children Increasingly Rely on Medicaid and State Child Health Insurance Programs for Medical Care
Author(s): William P. O’Hare
Sponsoring organization: Carsey Institute
Discusses health insurance coverage for children and reports that the experience of children in small towns and rural areas often differs from the experience of their big-city counterparts. In rural America, more than one-third of all children rely on SCHIP and Medicaid for health care.
Date: 2007
Rural Families More Likely to be Uninsured and Have Different Sources of Coverage
Sponsoring organization: Maine Rural Health Research Center
Research and policy brief examining patterns of health insurance coverage within rural families and comparing family-level insurance status for rural and urban families.
Date: 06 / 2007
SCHIP Enrollees with Special Health Care Needs and Access to Care
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Child Health Insurance Research Initiative (CHIRI) Issue Brief #5, which summarizes case
studies of five states with separate SCHIP programs.
Date: 08 / 2006
SCHIP Reauthorization: Key Questions in the Current Debate
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
Answers key questions that explain the ongoing policy debate on the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).
Date: 07 / 2007
SCHIP Turns 10: An Update on Enrollment and the Outlook on Reauthorization from the Program’s Directors
Author(s): Vernon Smith, Jason Cooke, David Rousseau, Robin Rudowitz, Caryn Marks
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
Provides the latest data on SCHIP enrollment trends nationally and across the states and includes findings from structured interviews with directors from ten states.
Date: 05 / 2007
State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) at a Glance
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Family Foundation
Provides an overview of how the State Children's Health Insurance Program is administered and financed, who is eligible, what services are covered, and what the policy issues are for the program's reauthorization.
Date: 01 / 2007
State Children's Health Insurance Program: Past, Present, and Future
Author(s): J. M. Lambrew
Sponsoring organization: Commonwealth Fund
Reviews the program's history and design, describes its present challenges and successes, assesses issues Congress is likely to consider during reauthorization, and explores future policy options including potential changes in eligibility and financing.
Date: 02 / 2007
State Children’s Health Insurance Program: Lessons and Outlook
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
Highlights the lessons on covering children that have emerged from nearly 10 years of experience in the SCHIP program and lays out the major issues for SCHIP reauthorization.
Date: 04 / 2007
State of the States: Rising to the Challenge
Sponsoring organization: AcademyHealth
Discusses the number of uninsured in each state. Includes a section on “Access Barriers Persist in Rural Areas” on pages 12-13.
Date: 01 / 2008
State Strategies to Expand Health Insurance Coverage: Trends and Lessons for Policymakers
Author(s): A. Burton, I. Friedenzohn, E. Martinez-Vidal
Sponsoring organization: Commonwealth Fund
Describes the latest round of state coverage expansions efforts, including those in California, Maine, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Vermont.
Date: 02 / 2007
Uninsured in America, 1996 - 2005: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population under Age 65
Author(s): Jeffrey A. Rhoades
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Using data from the Household Component of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS-HC), this The statistical brief presents estimates on the uninsured in America under age 65 for calendar years 1996 through 2004, as well as the first half of 2005.
Date: 06 / 2006
Uninsured in America: Problems and Possible Solutions
Author(s): K. Davis
Sponsoring organization: Commonwealth Fund
A summary of an article of same title that examines current roadblocks to universal health coverage in the U.S. and offers possible pathways to a health system in which affordable care is accessible to every American.
Date: 02 / 2007
Wrong Direction: One Out of Three Americans Are Uninsured
Author(s): Kim Bailey
Sponsoring organization: Families USA
Provides a detailed analysis of who the uninsured Americans are, where they live, how long they have been without health coverage, and
their demographic characteristics.
Date: 09 / 2007
