Health and Human Services conduct an independent comprehensive study of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program …

Ninety-five percent of nonelderly people in Minnesota had health insurance in 2001, relating in part to widespread … achievement, providing coverage for low-income children and adults, as well as individuals who have trouble finding insurance in … the private market because of health problems. Together, these programs cover about 11 percent of the state's nonelderly …

reduce health care costs. Using private insurance data as a measure, reference pricing applied to a narrow scope of inpatient … of total spending. When considering reference pricing, employers and health plans would need to weigh the potential …

This is the final report on findings from an evaluation of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) that was … Institute, and was overseen by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and …

employer health insurance premiums on a pre-tax basis. This issue brief explores how states are using these plans to increase … access to health coverage. Workers whose employers offer them health coverage but pay their premiums after taxes could … of employer-sponsored health benefits more generally. …

particular attention to how SCHIP and traditional Medicaid work together to provide continuous public health insurance coverage. …

as the overall health care system. The paper argues that many of the most prominent proposed reforms are not likely to …