AcademyHealth Stateside - 02/28/2009
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In this issue:
Welcome to State Coverage Initiatives St@teside E-newsletter
State Coverage Initiatives Launches New Web Site
Save the Date: SCI’s Annual Meeting for State Officials
How States Can Build on New Federal Legislation that Subsidizes COBRA Coverage for Laid-off Workers
We Can No Longer Afford to Put Health Care Reform on Hold
SCI and NASHP Hold ERISA Web Seminar
State Budgets in Crisis; Federal Stimulus Package Offers Assistance
Obama Administration Rescinds CMS August 17th Directive
Obama Signs CHIP Renewal
Tennessee Governor Announces Eligibility Expansion for CoverTN
Colorado Proposes Hospital Provider Fee to Fund Coverage Expansion
Strategies to Increase Value: State Health Research and Policy Interest Group
Call for Proposals: Medicaid Leadership Institute
Reports of Interest
Updates from AcademyHealth
State Coverage Initiatives Launches New Web Site
State Coverage Initiatives (SCI), a national program of the
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation administered by AcademyHealth, provides timely, experience-based information and assistance to state leaders in order to help them move state health reform forward. In an effort to increase its ability to offer an integrated array of policy and technical assistance services and products to state leaders, SCI has launched its newly redesigned
website, www.statecoverage.org, with an array of features including:
- Information on various coverage strategies employed by states to address their uninsured populations including public programs, reinsurance, high risk pools, limited benefit plans, group purchasing arrangements, dependent coverage, and other state-specific strategies,
- State profiles that provide an overview of all state's coverage environments and available information on all the known strategies employed by each state,
- More than 800 resources – publications, state reports, presentations, and more –with information on major coverage and reform topics, and
- An easy way for state officials to request technical assistance.
The new site also includes an online version of the State of the States report. Visit www.statecoverage.org for more information.
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