Rural uninsured and rural underinsured resources related to rural health and human services, with information provided by the Rural Assistance Center Copyright 2009 Rural Assistance Center http://www.raconline.org/info_guides/insurance/uninsured.php HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced the availability of up to $10 million in grants to help reach American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) children who qualify for, but are not yet enrolled, in Medicaid and the Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP). http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=12591 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:37:50 CST http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=12591 Reviews the full range of individual state activity on health reform during 2008 and provides facts about the number and percent of uninsured Americans. -- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation http://www.academyhealth.org/files/publications/SCI_SoS09.pdf Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:30:39 CST http://www.academyhealth.org/files/publications/SCI_SoS09.pdf Demonstrates that uninsured patients with traumatic injuries, such as car crashes, falls and gunshot wounds, were almost twice as likely to die in the hospital as similarly injured patients with health insurance. Details the results of a Harvard University study. -- American Medical Association http://archsurg.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/short/144/11/1006?home Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:50:44 CST http://archsurg.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/short/144/11/1006?home CBS News reports that uninsured patients with traumatic injuries, such as car crashes, falls and gunshot wounds, were almost twice as likely to die in the hospital as similarly injured patients with health insurance, according to a troubling new study. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/11/16/health/main5674116.shtml Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:23:06 CST http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/11/16/health/main5674116.shtml Iowa Dependent article tells of a new white paper released by The Iowa Policy Project that focuses on the disparities at play when rural residents seek health care insurance. http://iowaindependent.com/22073/study-rural-health-care-costs-rising-at-an-unsustainable-trajectory Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:30:29 CST http://iowaindependent.com/22073/study-rural-health-care-costs-rising-at-an-unsustainable-trajectory Kaiser Health News reports that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., says she will have enough votes to pass Democratic health care legislation by Saturday, and the American Medical Association and AARP also announced they will support the health reform bill. http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Daily-Reports/2009/November/05/Pelosi-votes-ama-aarp.aspx Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:36:02 CST http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Daily-Reports/2009/November/05/Pelosi-votes-ama-aarp.aspx HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today called on states and communities to join with HHS to redouble efforts to find and enroll the 5 million children who are currently eligible for Medicaid or the Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP), but are not yet covered. http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=12502 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:29:24 CST http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=12502 Kaiser Health News article reports that the House is moving toward a floor vote Saturday on its big health care overhaul, after Democratic leaders worked to nail down votes from some of their members who want stronger anti-abortion language in the bill. http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Daily-Reports/2009/November/04/Managers-amendment.aspx Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:59:28 CST http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Daily-Reports/2009/November/04/Managers-amendment.aspx Center for Rural Affairs article reports that a poll of 4,000 Americans shows that 74 percent of rural Americans believe that improving access to health care and making health care more affordable should be a high or top priority for our nation's elected officials. http://www.cfra.org/newsrelease/2009/11/03/polling-shows-support-rural-us-health-care-reform Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:19:55 CST http://www.cfra.org/newsrelease/2009/11/03/polling-shows-support-rural-us-health-care-reform Kaiser Health News reports that for all the controversy over a government-run insurance option, the program outlined in health overhaul legislation likely would play a minuscule role in efforts to expand health care coverage, according to many health care experts and lawmakers. http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Stories/2009/October/31/health-insurance-public-option-negligible.aspx Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:28:22 CST http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Stories/2009/October/31/health-insurance-public-option-negligible.aspx CNN Politics article reports that House Democratic leaders unveiled a sweeping $894 billion health care reform bill Thursday that includes a more moderate version of the government-run public health insurance option. http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/29/health.care/index.html?section=cnn_latest Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:35:41 CST http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/29/health.care/index.html?section=cnn_latest Los Angeles Times, (CA) article reports that in a dramatic sign of Democrats' growing confidence that they have the votes to pass a far-reaching healthcare overhaul, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Monday that the bill he intended to send to the Senate floor next month would include a "public option." http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-healthcare-reid27-2009oct27,0,7425185.story Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:33:39 CST http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-healthcare-reid27-2009oct27,0,7425185.story Provides publications, information, resources, and referrals about health care services for medically underserved individuals and populations. -- Health Resources and Services Administration http://ask.hrsa.gov/ Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:53:37 CST http://ask.hrsa.gov/ Describes the characteristics of the uninsured population, the difference health insurance makes, and why there is a large uninsured population. -- Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured http://www.kff.org/uninsured/upload/1420-11-2.pdf Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:33:52 CST http://www.kff.org/uninsured/upload/1420-11-2.pdf Comprised of eight sites across the country, and launched by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, this is a group of national, community-based demonstration projects which seek to develop programs to improve people's accessibility to quality health care. Includes work in the areas of health insurance, workforce development, plus children's, men's, women's, prison, oral, mental, and general health. http://www.communityvoices.org Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:53:11 CST http://www.communityvoices.org Provides the latest income, poverty, and health insurance data from the Current Population Survey. -- U.S. Census Bureau http://www.census.gov/prod/2009pubs/p60-236.pdf Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:22:42 CST http://www.census.gov/prod/2009pubs/p60-236.pdf A North Carolina 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides financial assistance, resources, and support to underinsured/uninsured people diagnosed with breast cancer who reside in North Carolina. http://www.prettyinpinkfoundation.org/index.aspx Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:58:05 CST http://www.prettyinpinkfoundation.org/index.aspx Focuses on health insurance coverage among those with middle incomes its availability,affordability, and stability. -- Kaiser Family Foundation http://www.kff.org/healthreform/upload/7951.pdf Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:36:01 CST http://www.kff.org/healthreform/upload/7951.pdf Examines arguments for a public health insurance plan, how the public health insurance plan would address the health care challenges that exist for rural areas, and how the choice of a public health insurance plan option is important to the viability of rural America. -- Center for Rural Affairs http://www.cfra.org/newsrelease/2009/07/23/why-rural-america-needs-public-health-insurance-plan Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:22:47 CST http://www.cfra.org/newsrelease/2009/07/23/why-rural-america-needs-public-health-insurance-plan Presents the results of state and county analysis of unemployment rates nationally in urban and rural (non-metropolitan) areas over the period 2007-February 2009 and discusses the impact of rising unemployment on uninsurance in rural areas and their combined impact on the need for health care reform. -- RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis http://www.unmc.edu/ruprihealth/Pubs/b2009-6%20Rising%20Unemployment%20Leading%20to%20More%20Uninsured.pdf Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:44:15 CST http://www.unmc.edu/ruprihealth/Pubs/b2009-6%20Rising%20Unemployment%20Leading%20to%20More%20Uninsured.pdf Uses a health insurance model to compare the effects of a building blocks approach on health insurance coverage and health spending, focusing on the geographic differences (by metropolitan and non-metropolitan) of this approach. -- RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis http://www.unmc.edu/ruprihealth/Pubs/b2009-5%20Building%20Blocks%20Approach%20to%20Covering%20the%20Uninsured.pdf Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:41:14 CST http://www.unmc.edu/ruprihealth/Pubs/b2009-5%20Building%20Blocks%20Approach%20to%20Covering%20the%20Uninsured.pdf Provides information on the health insurancestatus of rural Americans under the age of 65. Includes recent estimates and changes since 1997 in rural health insurance coverage; differences in the demographic, socio-economic, employment and other risk factors for uninsurance among rural and urban residents; demographic and economic characteristics and employment differences of the rural and urban uninsured; and policy implications for covering the rural uninsured. -- Maine Rural Health Research Center http://muskie.usm.maine.edu/Publications/rural/Rural-Health-Insurance-Chartbook-2009.pdf Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:19:50 CST http://muskie.usm.maine.edu/Publications/rural/Rural-Health-Insurance-Chartbook-2009.pdf Focuses on the low-income adult population, a group of over 50 million who are athigh risk of losing their health insurance coverage or are already uninsured. -- Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured http://www.kff.org/healthreform/upload/7914.pdf Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:14:34 CST http://www.kff.org/healthreform/upload/7914.pdf Suggests that rural workers can benefit if states adjust their unemployment insurance plans to include part-time employees because, on average, there is a higher number of part-time employees in rural areas. -- Carsey Institute http://www.carseyinstitute.unh.edu/publications/IB-UI-09.pdf Tue, 26 May 2009 12:44:12 CST http://www.carseyinstitute.unh.edu/publications/IB-UI-09.pdf Examines the barriers to securing affordable coverage in the current marketplace for uninsured people ages 55 to 65, as well as the potential for a Medicare buy-in to improve the groups health insurance coverage rate. -- Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured http://www.kff.org/healthreform/upload/7904.pdf Mon, 18 May 2009 14:45:12 CST http://www.kff.org/healthreform/upload/7904.pdf Details health insurance coverage in rural America. Includes how rural citizens get insurance coverage and how it differs from urban America, reviews research that explores obstacles in attaining health insurance, addresses the problem of underinsurance, and explores the impact of inadequate financing for health care and its effects on the community. Concludes that health care reform must address the employer-sponsored health insurance system. -- Center for Rural Affairs http://files.cfra.org/pdf/Causes-and-Consequences-of-Rural-Uninsured.pdf Tue, 05 May 2009 13:02:42 CST http://files.cfra.org/pdf/Causes-and-Consequences-of-Rural-Uninsured.pdf Offers a closer look at the number of Americans without health insurance and discusses the major underlying reasons for the growth in the number of uninsured. -- Families USA http://www.familiesusa.org/assets/pdfs/americans-at-risk.pdf Sat, 04 Apr 2009 20:04:42 CST http://www.familiesusa.org/assets/pdfs/americans-at-risk.pdf Assesses how uninsured rates and sources of coverage have changed since the State Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) was enacted. Compares the health insurance coverage of rural and urban residents in 1997 and 2005. Discusses implications for health insurance reform -- Maine Rural Health Research Center http://muskie.usm.maine.edu/Publications/rural/pb/Rural-Public-Health-Insurance.pdf Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:20:22 CST http://muskie.usm.maine.edu/Publications/rural/pb/Rural-Public-Health-Insurance.pdf Identifies how health care costs and medical debt affects family economic security. -- Families USA http://www.familiesusa.org/assets/pdfs/the-hidden-link.pdf Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:37:11 CST http://www.familiesusa.org/assets/pdfs/the-hidden-link.pdf Explains the key strategies for expanding coverage to the nation's 45 million uninsured people and explains how different policy options can be combined to form comprehensive reform proposals. -- Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured http://www.kff.org/uninsured/upload/7795.pdf Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:13:04 CST http://www.kff.org/uninsured/upload/7795.pdf