The Medicaid Buy-In program, a state Medicaid option since the late 1990s, is designed to encourage adults with disabilities to work by allowing them to buy into Medicaid when their earnings exceed standard Medicaid eligibility limits. This article describes enrollment, expenditures, and...

Reviews the sample and survey design characteristics for this multiyear study and includes figures detailing the 60 study sites, sample components, and weights for each survey. The study includes a household survey, physician survey, and insurer followback survey linked to the household survey.

In the 1990s, insurance companies and employers began to rely on managed care to control costs, and state governments followed suit by adopting managed care in Medicaid programs. To deal with the challenges associated with developing effective state Medicaid managed care programs, the Robert...

This report summarizes a series of reports investigating Indiana’s health care economy and markets. The findings suggest the need for policymakers in Indiana to address important challenges on multiple fronts. Important areas for immediate attention include greater efficiency in the delivery...

Examines the price of the standard Medigap policies (H, I, and J) that cover prescription drugs. Notes that premiums for these policies are high, at about $1,400 per year for minimum coverage, with wide state variation. Furthermore, the average cost to upgrade a policy to cover drugs ranges from...

More than 23 million Americans have limited English proficiency, which complicates their ability to obtain quality health care. Language barriers in the health care setting can lead to miscommunications and cause medical errors, delay or denial of services, issues with medication management, and...

This brief examines accountable care organizations—groupings of diverse health care providers that care for a group of people and aim to create a cohesive framework, encourage accountability, and create incentives and rewards to providers that focus on the overall scope of patient care....