Expertise Meets Politics
January 1, 1997 | Book
In this chapter of the Anthology, Stevens and Brown explore the question of what effect the Foundation's investments have had on health policy at the state level.
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Enrolling Eligible People in Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program
January 1, 2009 | Book
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has made substantial investments in a variety of programs to make families aware that their children might be eligible for SCHIP or Medicaid benefits and to address the practical obstacles to enrollment and renewal. In this chapter of the Anthology, the journalist Irene Wielawski, examines the major Foundation-funded programs with this focus.
Partnership Among National Foundations
January 1, 2001 | Book
Between Rhetoric and Reality
Coming Home
January 1, 2000 | Book
One of the Foundation's targets in the chronic care area is increasing the capacity of communities to meet the supportive care needs of chronically ill people. This chapter of the RWJF Anthology examines assisted living,
The Mental Health Services Program for Youth
January 1, 1999 | Book
The chapter takes the reader through the program's attempts to address the challenges related to creating, financing and coordinating community services for children with mental health problems.
The Partnership for Long-Term Care
January 1, 2007 | Book
In this chapter of the Anthology, Alper discusses the Foundation's Program to Promote Long-Term Care Insurance for the Elderly that allowed nursing home patients with state-approved private long-term care insurance policies to be eligible for Medicaid.
Supportive Housing
January 1, 2007 | Book
In this chapter of the Anthology, the Foundation's investments in housing is discussed, from its early efforts to provide health care services to homeless people, to its current support of the Corporation for Supportive Housing.
Improving Health in an Aging Society
January 1, 2006 | Book
Statistics that show aging of the American population have led health experts to issue dire warnings. Many concerns about this vulnerable population and the strain it may place on social service programs are warranted, but focusing only on the chall ...
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Efforts to Cover the Uninsured
January 1, 2006 | Book
Forty-five million Americans, many of them minorities or poor people, lack insurance coverage for basic health care. Research shows that people without health insurance receive less medical care and are in poorer health than insured people. This art ...
The Medicaid Managed Care Program
January 1, 2006 | Book
Recommended Reading California's Shift to Medicaid Managed Care Doesn't Save Money or Improve Outcomes By the 1990s most Medicaid programs used managed care, and by 2003 some 60 percent of Medicaid beneficiaries were in managed care programs, largel ...