Over 1.2 million seriously disabled Americans under age 65—including as many as 400,000 without health insurance—are currently in the two-year waiting period for Medicare coverage, according to this new report. Eliminating this waiting period would provide stable health insurance...

This issue brief highlights a number of prescription drug issues that remain important for states after the shift of prescription drug coverage for Medicaid-Medicare dual eligibles to Medicare in 2006, including the use of antipsychotic drugs in nursing facilities and other settings. It focuses...

A number of data sets can be used to estimate the size of the nursing home population with mental illness; however, estimates vary because of differences in data collection. The 2004 National Nursing Home Survey (NNHS) estimates that 6.8 percent of nursing home residents had a primary diagnosis...

This chartbook for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) provides comprehensive information on Medicaid beneficiaries who use mental health and substance abuse services and places the findings in a broad policy context.

Over 1.2 million seriously disabled Americans under age 65—including as many as 400,000 without health insurance—are currently in the two-year waiting period for Medicare coverage, according to this new report. Eliminating this waiting period would provide stable health insurance...

This issue brief highlights a number of prescription drug issues that remain important for states after the shift of prescription drug coverage for Medicaid-Medicare dual eligibles to Medicare in 2006, including the use of antipsychotic drugs in nursing facilities and other settings. It focuses...