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The Importance of Medicaid Coverage for Criminal Justice Involved Individuals Reentering Their Communities

June 16, 2016

The purpose of this issue brief is to highlight the importance of health insurance coverage for criminal justice involved individuals, particularly the importance of the expansion in Medicaid coverage made available through the Affordable Care Act. This issue brief explains why Medicaid and access to the health benefits the program...
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The Role of Social Determinants in Promoting Health and Health Equity

November 30, 2015

An issue brief from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation notes that health initiatives increasingly seek integrated solutions that address social determinants of health such as socioeconomic status, education, the physical environment, employment, and social support networks. The brief, Beyond Health Care: The Role of Social Determinants in Promoting Health...
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Medicaid to 26 Health Coverage for Youth Who Were in Foster Care

December 29, 2014

Under the Affordable Care Act, young people who have aged-out of foster care are now allowed to use Medicaid until they turn 26. How does one get enrolled? The Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy (SCAA) released new materials for both individual enrollees and providers to help explain the Medicaid...
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The Role of Medicare and the Indian Health Service for American Indians and Alaska Natives: Health, Access and Coverage

December 22, 2014

Relative to the overall U.S. population, American Indians and Alaska Natives face persistent disparities in health status, access to health care, and other socioeconomic disadvantages, including higher rates of poverty. Even with Medicare coverage, American Indians and Alaska Natives who are age 65 and older or who are living with...
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The Impact of the Affordable Care Act on LGBT Communities

December 16, 2014

This report looks in detail at the health insurance experiences of LGBT people with incomes less than 400 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL) in 2014, the first year after the full implementation of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) coverage expansion began with the start of open enrollment through the...
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Safety Net Health Plan Efforts to Integrate Physical and Behavioral Health at Community Health Centers

December 11, 2014

The Association for Community Affiliated Plans (ACAP) and the SAMHSA-HRSA Center for Integrated Health Solutions (CIHS) has released a fact sheet profiling four communities that brought together teams from safety net health plans, community health centers, and community behavioral health provider organizations to integrate physical and behavioral health for Medicaid beneficiaries....
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Disparities in Medicaid Spending on Children in Welfare System

June 11, 2014

A new study from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis examines racial and ethnic differences in Medicaid expenditures for children in the welfare system who use psychotropic drugs — medication for conditions such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, that affect a child’s mental state. The...
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The Uninsured at the Starting Line: Findings from the 2013 Kaiser Survey of Low-Income Americans and the ACA

February 7, 2014

This report presents data on the population targeted for coverage expansions under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and aims to help policymakers target early efforts and evaluate the ACA’s longer-term effects. The report is based on a new series of comprehensive surveys of the low and moderate income population that...
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Race/Ethnicity and Geographic Access to Medicaid Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facilities in the United States

January 13, 2014

Compared to elsewhere in the country, there are far fewer outpatient facilities in the U.S. South and Midwest that are able to help people on Medicaid who are battling alcohol or drug abuse, a new study finds. Overall, about 60 percent of U.S. counties have at least one of these facilities,...
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State Profiles: How Will the Uninsured Fare Under the Affordable Care Act?

January 8, 2014

New reports for each of the fifty states from the Kaiser Family Foundation show how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) changes insurance coverage in each state. The state-level reports serve as a guide to the potential impact of the ACA in each state and the District of Columbia as legislatures...
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The Importance of Medicaid Coverage for Criminal Justice Involved Individuals Reentering Their Communities

The Role of Social Determinants in Promoting Health and Health Equity

Medicaid to 26 Health Coverage for Youth Who Were in Foster Care

The Role of Medicare and the Indian Health Service for American Indians and Alaska Natives: Health, Access and Coverage

The Impact of the Affordable Care Act on LGBT Communities

Safety Net Health Plan Efforts to Integrate Physical and Behavioral Health at Community Health Centers

Disparities in Medicaid Spending on Children in Welfare System

The Uninsured at the Starting Line: Findings from the 2013 Kaiser Survey of Low-Income Americans and the ACA

Race/Ethnicity and Geographic Access to Medicaid Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facilities in the United States

State Profiles: How Will the Uninsured Fare Under the Affordable Care Act?

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