HRSA state planning grant update: a review of coverage strategies and pilot planning activities
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Contributor(s):
- Silow-Carroll, Sharon. Alteras, Tanya. Commonwealth Fund.
- Publication:
- [New York, N.Y.] : Commonwealth Fund, [2005]
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Insurance Coverage -- economics Medical Assistance Medically Uninsured State Government Child Child Health Services -- economics Financing, Government Health Benefit Plans, Employee -- economics Medicaid -- economics Pilot Projects Universal Coverage United States United States. Health Resources and Services Administration.
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- To help states examine options and craft policies to cover uninsured populations, the federal Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is providing two types of grants: State Planning Grants and, more recently, Pilot Project Planning Grants. This report finds that most states awarded Pilot Project Planning Grants are exploring strategies that build on employment-based coverage, generally through publicly funded premium assistance. Some states uncovered support among employers and providers for tax credits to subsidize the employer and/or employee share of the premium. Others are exploring premium assistance through Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). In addition to employment-based strategies, states are improving outreach and enrollment for people eligible for but not enrolled in existing programs; using federal waivers to extend Medicaid/SCHIP coverage to parents and other adults; establishing health savings accounts; reinsuring private coverage; imposing a full employer mandate; and assessing single-payer and multipayer universal coverage models.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101255027 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101255027