A series of nine reports studies access to food stamps, Medicaid, and the State Child Health Insurance Program in a number of states. The documents identify promising practices in enrollment and retention, as well as program improvement opportunities to increase participation.

Presents promising practices from the state of Maine, which has very high participation rates in the Food Stamp Program, and suggests that bringing the "human" aspect back into the delivery of human services by taking a personal, flexible, and creative approach can facilitate enrollment and...

Presents promising practices from the state of Maine, which has very high participation rates in the Food Stamp Program, and suggests that bringing the "human" aspect back into the delivery of human services by taking a personal, flexible, and creative approach can facilitate enrollment and...

This study evaluated the Medicaid Managed Care Program, an initiative launched by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in 1995 to promote the delivery of high-quality health services for low-income people and those with special health care needs. The overview assesses the perspectives of states,...

Notes that 11 percent had no source of supplemental coverage. Twenty-nine percent have coverage through an HMO but no other form of subsidized coverage.

Rapidly rising health insurance premiums are prompting Little Rock employers to shift more costs to workers, who are finding coverage increasingly difficult to afford, according to this new Community Tracking Study report.

The role of private health plans in Medicare expanded substantially in 2004 under the Medicare Modernization Act, which builds on plan experience under Medicare+Choice, created in 1997 to offer more managed care choices for beneficiaries and recently renamed Medicare Advantage. Although sponsors...