Regulations, Forms & Other Useful Documents
Characteristics of the Uninsured: A View from the States
Sponsoring organization: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Identifies the number of adults in each state and the number of working adults in each state who do not have health care coverage. Researchers also compared reported gaps in care between insured and uninsured adults in each state, thereby providing an in-depth look at the consequences that adults in America face when they do not have health care coverage.
Date: 05 / 2005
Characteristics of the Uninsured: Who is Eligible for Public Coverage and Who Needs Help Affording Coverage?
Author(s): John Holahan, Allison Cook, Lisa Dubay
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
Includes detailed tables showing the characteristics of the uninsured by population group and eligibility status for Medicaid and SCHIP. Reports that a quarter of the uninsured are eligible for public programs but not enrolled. The eligible uninsured population is largely composed of low-income children and parents who would benefit from increased outreach for Medicaid and SCHIP.
Date: 02 / 2007
Chartbook #13: Health Care in Urban and Rural Areas, Combined Years 1998-2000
Author(s): Sharon L. Larson, Steven R. Machlin, Alice Nixon, Marc Zodet
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Examines the differences in health care access, use, and expenses between urban and rural areas. Counties are classified along the urban-rural continuum according to whether they are metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) and, if not, their proximity to an MSA. An MSA is a large population nucleus with a high degree of economic and social interaction. The categories along the continuum are metro (counties in an MSA), near-metro, near-rural, and rural.
Date: 06 / 2004
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
Covering the Uninsured: Growing Need, Strained Resources
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
Discusses the number of uninsured Americans and the federal support of health care for the uninsured.
Date: 01 / 2007
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
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
Going Without: America's Uninsured Children
Sponsoring organization: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Documents that uninsured children in virtually every state do not receive all the medical care they need. Children who have health coverage have better access to health care. While millions of children have been helped through Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), millions more are still eligible to receive low-cost or free health care coverage, but are not enrolled.
Date: 08 / 2005
Health Care in Rural America
Sponsoring organization: Center for Rural Affairs
Discusses issues related to health insurance coverage and health care costs of rural people. Includes information on the rural uninsured and undersinsured and discusses possible solutions to provide health insurance coverage to the rural uninsured and underinsured.
Date: 10 / 2004
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 Care That Works for All Americans
Sponsoring organization: Citizens' Health Care Working Group
Final recommendations by the Citizens' Health Care Working Group to Congress and the President. The recommendations describe a vision and plan for achieving broad-based change in health care in America. Addresses health care cost, coverage and access.
Date: 09 / 2006
Health Coverage for Low-Income Parents
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
Summarizes the health coverage of low-income parents, including recent trends, and discusses the current policy challenges related to expanding care for this population.
Date: 02 / 2007
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 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
Impact of Immigration on Health Insurance Coverage in the United States
Author(s): Paul Fronstin
Sponsoring organization: Employee Benefit Research Institute
Discusses the reasons for the steady increase in the number of uninsured in the United States and the disproportionate numbers of immigrants employed in low wage jobs that often lack employment-based health coverage.
Journal citation: EBRI Notes Volume 26 Issue 6 Pages: 2 - 8
Date: 06 / 2005
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
Improving and Increasing Access to Care: State Health Coverage Expansions Since 2004
Explores state progress in expanding health insurance coverage programs and highlights the most recent innovations in health coverage expansion.
Date: 09 / 2006
Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2006
Author(s): Carmen DeNavas-Walt, Bernadette D. Proctor, Jessica Smith
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
Provides the latest income, poverty, and health insurance data from the Current Population Survey. Includes state level data.
Date: 08 / 2007
Living Without Health Insurance
Sponsoring organization: Center for American Progress
Summarizes testimony by the Center for Ameircan Progress (CAP) Senior Fellows Tom Daschle and Jeanne Lambrew in Congress about Americans living—and dying—without health insurance.
Date: 04 / 2007
Long-Term Uninsured in America 2000-2003 Estimates for the U.S. Population Under Age 65
Author(s): Steven B. Cohen, Jeffrey A. Rhoades
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Provides detailed estimates for the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized non-elderly (under age 65) population that was uninsured for the entire 2000 - 2003 period and identifies groups most at risk of lacking any coverage over that four-year period.
Date: 03 / 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
Prescription Drug Safety Net: Access to Pharmaceuticals for the Uninsured
Author(s): Jack Hoadley
Sponsoring organization: National Health Policy Forum
Overview of organized programs that provide access to prescription drugs for the uninsured. Focuses on manufacturer-sponsored pharmacy assistance
programs (PAPs) and the federal 340B drug pricing program.
Date: 05 / 2007
Public Health Insurance Cliff for Older Adolescents
Author(s): Harriette B. Fox, Stephanie J. Limb, Margaret A. McManus
Sponsoring organization: Independent Living Research Utilization
Discusses the differences in insurance coverage among adolescent age groups.
Date: 04 / 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 Residents More Likely to be Underinsured
Sponsoring organization: Maine Rural Health Research Center
Multiple studies have demonstrated that rural residents, particularly those living far from urban areas, have high uninsured rates. However, even those with private health insurance coverage can be at risk of having high out-of-pocket health care costs. Understanding the degree to which rural residents are "underinsured" has important implications for rural health policy and practice.
Date: 2006
Spotlight on Uninsured Parents: How a Lack of Coverage Affects Parents and Their Families
Author(s): Karyn Schwartz
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
Examines health coverage, access and the financial impacts of health care for low-income parents and their families.
Date: 06 / 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
Study Shows Uninsured Receive Less Care and Experience Worse Outcomes
Author(s): Jack Hadley
Sponsoring organization: American Medical Association
Documents that people who are uninsured receive less care and have worse outcomes following an accident or the onset of a new chronic condition than those with insurance.
Date: 03 / 2007
Threadbare: Holes in America's Health Care Safety Net
Author(s): Catherine Hoffman, Susan Starr Sered
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
Describes the impact of health care insurance coverage gaps in our safety net through the perspectives of those who provide care to the uninsured and first-hand accounts of the uninsured who are seeking care.
Date: 11 / 2005
Trends in Uninsurance Among Rural Minority Children: Key Facts
Sponsoring organization: South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
This is the Key Facts from the report. While efforts to reduce the number of children lacking health insurance, such as SCHIP,
have demonstrated much success, there continue to be pronounced disparities among both minority and
rural children in having health insurance coverage.
Date: 2005
Uninsured and Dying Because of It: Updating the Institute of Medicine Analysis on the Impact of Uninsurance on Mortality
Author(s): Stan Dorn
Sponsoring organization: Urban Institute
Reports on the greater risk of death due to the absence of health insurance and illustrates its general order of magnitude.
Date: 01 / 2008
Uninsured and their Access to Health Care
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Family Foundation
Provides a fact sheet about the uninsured, including charts and statistics.
Date: 10 / 2007
Uninsured in America, 1996–2006: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population Under Age 65
Author(s): Jeffrey A. Rhoades, May C. Chu
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Presents estimates on the uninsured in America under age 65 for calendar years 1996 through 2005, as well as the first half of 2006.
Date: 06 / 2007
Uninsured: A Primer; Key Facts About Americans Without Health Insurance
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
Reviews the basic profile of the uninsured population, how they receive care, the latest trends in health insurance coverage, and what the options are for increasing coverage.
Date: 10 / 2007
Who are the Uninsured? A Consistent Profile Across National Surveys
Author(s): Catherine Hoffman, Karyn Schwartz
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
Examines the differences in the estimates of the uninsured population from three major surveys and finds that the estimates are actually more consistent than what is often perceived. In addition, the analysis shows that who the uninsured are does not vary much across national surveys.
Date: 08 / 2006
