AcademyHealth Stateside - 11/30/2006  (Plain Text Version)

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In this issue:
 State Coverage Initiatives Winter Meeting to be Held in New Orleans
 Election Round Up: Governor’s Races and Ballot Initiatives
 Oregon Lays Groundwork for Universal Coverage Plan
 Utah Modifies Program to Help Uninsured Workers Participate in Employer-Sponsored Health Plans
 Maryland’s High Risk Insurance Pool Offers Income Subsidy Program
 Profiles in Coverage: Oklahoma Employer/Employee Partnership for Insurance Coverage
 New Publication on ERISA Implications for State Coverage Strategies
 States Face SCHIP Federal Funding Shortfalls in Fiscal Year 2007
 America’s Health Insurance Plans Announces Vision for Universal Coverage
 New Issue Brief on Health Plan Benefit Design
 News from AcademyHealth
 Reports of Interest


Reports of Interest

Employers' Views on Incremental Measures to Expand Health Coverage
The Commonwealth Fund
November 2006

2006 Health Confidence Survey: Dissatisfaction With Health Care System Doubles Since 1998
Employee Benefit Research Institute
November 2006

Would Safety-Net Expansions Offset Reduced Access Resulting From Lost Insurance Coverage? Health Affairs
November/December 2006

The ‘Graying’ Of Group Health Insurance
Health Affairs
November/December 2006

Employment-Based Health Insurance: Past, Present, And Future
Health Affairs
November/December 2006

The Commercial Health Insurance Industry In An Era Of Eroding Employer Coverage
Health Affairs
November/December 2006

The Massachusetts Approach: A New Way To Restructure State Health Insurance Markets And Public Programs
Health Affairs
November/December 2006

Association Health Plans: What’s All The Fuss About?
Health Affairs
November/December 2006

Medicaid’s Long-Term Care Beneficiaries: An Analysis of Spending Patterns
The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
November 2006

The Role of Consumer Copayments for Health Care: Lessons From the RAND Health Insurance Experiment and Beyond
The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
November 2006