January 23, 2009
Welcome to State Coverage Initiatives St@teside E-newsletter
New Resources on ERISA now Available
Oregon Releases Plan for Creating a World-Class Health Care System
CMS Approves Rhode Island’s Medicaid “Global Waiver”
Wisconsin Aims for Additional Coverage Expansion
Louisiana Health First Plan
Massachusetts Uninsurance Rate Falls to 2.6 Percent
Two Comprehensive Health Reform Proposals Unveiled in Connecticut
CMS Gives States More Control Over Medicaid Benefit Packages, Premiums, and Cost Sharing Requirements
Federal Corner: A New Administration and Much Work Ahead
Register for the State Health Research and Policy Interest Group Breakfast
National Health Policy Conference Examines the Future of Health Care Reform
State Quality Improvement Institute Cyber-seminar Resources Available
SHADAC Launches Redesigned Web Site
Deadline to Submit Abstracts for AcademyHealth Interest Group Meetings is February 16
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Reports of Interest

Presumptive Eligibility for Pregnant Women
The National Academy for State Health Policy
December 2008

The Role of Physicians in Children’s Oral Health
The National Academy for State Health Policy
December 2008

Living on the Edge: Health Care Expenses Strain Family Budgets
Center for Studying Health System Change
December 2008

Medicaid Financing:  How FMAP Formula Works and Why It Falls
National Health Policy Forum
December 2008

Short Term Options for Medicaid in a Recession
Kaiser Family Foundation
December 2008

Medicaid Home and Community-Based Service Programs: Data Update
Kaiser Family Foundation
December 2008

Washington State Medicaid: An Evolution in Care Delivery
Center for Health Care Strategies
December 2008

Reducing the Administrative Burden of Health Care Quality Reporting
Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization
December 2008

Getting and Keeping Coverage: States’ Experience With Citizenship Documentation Rules
The Commonwealth Fund
January 2009

An Analysis of Leading Congressional Health, 2007-2008: Part I, Insurance Coverage
The Commonwealth Fund
January 2009

Reauthorizing SCHIP: A Summary of Selected Issues
National Health Policy Forum
January 2009

Rising Unemployment, Medicaid and the Uninsured
Kaiser Family Foundation
January 2009

Medicaid in a Crunch: A Mid-FY 2009 Update on State Medicaid Issues in a Recession
Kaiser Family Foundation
January 2009

Setting Income Thresholds in Medicaid/SCHIP: Which Children Should Be Eligible?
The Urban Institute
January 2009

Massachusetts Health Reform: Solving the Long-Run Cost Problem
The Urban Institute
January 2009

Reorganizing Chronic Care Delivery
Health Affairs
January/February 2009

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