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March 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
The “individual mandate”—the requirement that individuals either have health insurance coverage or pay a fine—is both the best known and the least popular component of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). If the ACA were in effect today, 94 percent of the ...
May 1, 2012 | Report
This paper funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and authored by a joint team from Georgetown University's Health Policy institute and the National Academy of Social Insurance, provides insight for state and federal officials considering how they will assume responsibility for managing health plans once health insurance exchanges are established.
April 1, 2009 | Report
This report discusses CHIPRA's new Express Lane Eligibility option, which lets states grant health coverage when information already in the hands of government agencies shows that children are eligible for Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program.
April 1, 2011 | Toolkit
Toolkit series provides resources to help states plan, build and implement elements of ACA.
March 1, 2007 | Issue Brief
This brief provides an overview of SCHIP, including enrollment, program benefits, financing, and the future of the program.
January 1, 2009 | Report
Available research suggests that states can make small policy changes that can have a big impact on enrollment of eligible children. This paper revisits the ideas summarized in the Seven Steps brief by the National Academy of State Health Policy which provides more concrete information for states seeking to take the next step in enrolling more uninsured children who are eligible for Medicaid or SCHIP, but not enrolled.
February 9, 2011 | Program Result
Researchers from the University of Minnesota State Health Access Data Assistance Center investigated why state and national household surveys often produce much lower estimates of Medicaid enrollment than Medicaid enrollment data collected by states.
February 1, 2012 | Report
This report analyzes coverage trends among children, parents and adults without dependent children as a guide to changes in coverage that could be expected in the coming years without ACA.
October 31, 2003 | Report
A modified "play or pay" approach that creates incentives for workers and employers to buy into "Medicare Plus," a national program based on Medicare.
January 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Covering Kids & Families evaluators present lessons learned within the framework of a program's lifecycle.