America's Children
America's Children

Author: Institute of Medicine and National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1998-11-27

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 0309065607

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America's Children is a comprehensive, easy-to-read analysis of the relationship between health insurance and access to care. The book addresses three broad questions: How is children's health care currently financed? Does insurance equal access to care? How should the nation address the health needs of this vulnerable population? America's Children explores the changing role of Medicaid under managed care; state-initiated and private sector children's insurance programs; specific effects of insurance status on the care children receive; and the impact of chronic medical conditions and special health care needs. It also examines the status of "safety net" health providers, including community health centers, children's hospitals, school-based health centers, and others and reviews the changing patterns of coverage and tax policy options to increase coverage of private-sector, employer-based health insurance. In response to growing public concerns about uninsured children, last year Congress voted to provide $24 billion over five years for new state insurance initiatives. This volume will serve as a primer for concerned federal policymakers and regulators, state agency officials, health plan decisionmakers, health care providers, children's health advocates, and researchers.

Health Insurance is a Family Matter
Health Insurance is a Family Matter

Author: Institute of Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2002-09-18

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 0309169054

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Health Insurance is a Family Matter is the third of a series of six reports on the problems of uninsurance in the United Sates and addresses the impact on the family of not having health insurance. The book demonstrates that having one or more uninsured members in a family can have adverse consequences for everyone in the household and that the financial, physical, and emotional well-being of all members of a family may be adversely affected if any family member lacks coverage. It concludes with the finding that uninsured children have worse access to and use fewer health care services than children with insurance, including important preventive services that can have beneficial long-term effects.

No Margin, No Mission
No Margin, No Mission

Author: Steven D. Pearson

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 191

ISBN-13: 0195158962

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Can the ethical mission of health care survive among organizations competing for survival in the marketplace? This book presents both an analytic framework and a menu of pragmatic answers.

Children's Health Insurance
Children's Health Insurance

Author: Kathryn G. Allen

Publisher: DIANE Publishing Inc.

Published: 2007-08

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13: 9781422315606

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In Aug. 1987, the State Children¿s Health Insur. Program (SCHIP) was created, with the goal of significantly reducing the number of low-income uninsured children, esp. those who live in families with incomes exceeding medicaid eligibility require. Congress provided $40 billion from FY1998 through 2007 -- to states with approved SCHIP plans. Subject to certain exceptions, states have 3 years to use each year¿s allocation, after which unspent funds may be redistributed to states that have already spent all of that year¿s allocation. This testimony addresses trends in SCHIP enrollment & the current composition of SCHIP programs across the states, states¿ spending experiences under SCHIP, & considerations identified for SCHIP reauthorization. Charts.

Coverage Matters
Coverage Matters

Author: Institute of Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2001-10-27

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 0309076099

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Roughly 40 million Americans have no health insurance, private or public, and the number has grown steadily over the past 25 years. Who are these children, women, and men, and why do they lack coverage for essential health care services? How does the system of insurance coverage in the U.S. operate, and where does it fail? The first of six Institute of Medicine reports that will examine in detail the consequences of having a large uninsured population, Coverage Matters: Insurance and Health Care, explores the myths and realities of who is uninsured, identifies social, economic, and policy factors that contribute to the situation, and describes the likelihood faced by members of various population groups of being uninsured. It serves as a guide to a broad range of issues related to the lack of insurance coverage in America and provides background data of use to policy makers and health services researchers.