Promoting employment for people with disabilities is an important policy objective for the nation. The first brief in a new series on the Medicaid Buy-In program, which extends Medicaid coverage to people with disabilities who go to work so they do not lose health care, examines participant...

The national Medicaid Buy-In program promotes employment and economic self-sufficiency for individuals with disabilities by allowing states to amend their Medicaid programs. As of December 2002, 25 states had implemented this program. Three themes emerge in this early picture of 21 states: (1)...

The Medicaid Buy-In program was designed to help adults with disabilities obtain or keep their employment without fear of losing health insurance. This report presents a snapshot of the program in 2005 that captures the interplay of policy features, enrollment trends, and participant...

With better access to health care and employment supports, individuals with physical and mental impairments can stay employed, maintain health, and avoid becoming dependent on federal disability benefits. To help American workers with potentially disabling conditions achieve these goals,...

Although rapidly rising pharmaceutical costs have contributed to increased health expenditures nationwide, few studies have examined this trend in children with special health care needs. This study used data from two large commercial managed care plans in UnitedHealth Group to examine how many...

The Medicaid Buy-In option promotes employment and economic self-sufficiency for individuals with disabilities. This study used information from federal Medicaid and Medicare databases to examine policy questions about enrollment in the Medicaid Buy-In program in five states and participants'...

Although about two-thirds of the children with special health care needs in the U.S. are insured through private, employer-based plans, little is known about the extent of family cost sharing for this vulnerable and high-cost group. This study used data from two large commercial managed care...

Promoting employment for people with disabilities is an important policy objective for the nation. This third brief in a series on the Medicaid Buy-In program, a key component of the federal effort to help people with disabilities return to work without losing health insurance coverage, examines...

This rigorous study found that early intervention programs with a personal navigator can reduce dependence on federal disability benefits for adult workers with mental health conditions.