Making Public Programs Work: Publications
New Directions
New directions. Innovation. Fundamental change. Those imperatives are an essential part of the Fund's work, as highlighted in the 2011 annual report.
Coordinating Medicaid and the Exchange in New York
Second in a series focused on New York's health exchange, this report describes the steps necessary to integrating New York's Medicaid program and health insurance exchange.
"Revisioning" Medicaid as Part of New York's Coverage Continuum
Federal health care reform and new state Medicaid administration legislation can help New York achieve a radically streamlined, consumer-friendly eligibility and enrollment process for Medicaid and subsidized coverage options in the Exchange. This report details the challenges of achieving that goal.
Medicaid Transportation in New York: Background and Options
This paper, written by staff from the Lewin Group for the Fund's Medicaid Institute, describes New York's program for providing transportation services to Medicaid beneficiaries, considers the strengths and weaknesses of the state's program, and assesses alternative approaches to improve the program and reduce costs.
Enrolling Childless Adults in Medicaid
A new Medicaid Institute report outlining health care reform's opportunities and incentives for states to extend Medicaid eligibility to more childless adults. New York's experience with this population is relevant to other states that will extend eligibility to it for the first time. The Affordable Care Act's significant financial incentives and new opportunities to streamline enrollment may also help New York meet its own enrollment challenges.
Childless Adults: Barriers to Enrollment in Public Health Coverage
This new Fund-supported report examines the barriers faced by New York’s 500,000 eligible but uninsured childless adults, and strategies to improve this population's participation in public health insurance.
Measuring Coverage for Seniors in Medicare Part A and Estimating the Cost of Making It Universal
In 2005, 1.6 million seniors—or 5 percent of the elderly U.S. population—were without a full federal Medicare Part A premium subsidy.
"Mutual Responsibility": A Study of Uninsured Immigrants' Perspectives on Health Insurance in New York City
This report describes the results of a study conducted by the New York Immigration Coalition, with grant support from the Fund, that explored the barriers to maintaining health insurance faced by immigrants in New York.
Blueprint, Fall 2009
The latest issue of Blueprint presents an overview of the critical issue of expanding insurance coverage, commentary by Jim Tallon on the crisis in health care, and a host of features on Fund initiatives and events.
Roundtable on Public Program Simplification
On October 14, 2009, United Hospital Fund convened a roundtable discussion on the simplification of public program enrollment and renewal procedures.
Improving Enrollment and Retention in Medicaid and CHIP
This Medicaid Institute™ report explores a series of federal administrative and legislative changes that states can seek to improve their current public health insurance programs and increase participation.
Hard Times and Health Insurance
In response to the growing number of New Yorkers who risk losing health insurance coverage in the current troubled economy, this guide--the first to help New Yorkers understand how to benefit from the COBRA premium assistance enacted in early 2009--presents practical advice on state and federal protections, and how to exercise them.
Automated Renewal: Strategies to Maintain Coverage of Eligible Children in Medicaid and Child Health Plus
This report analyzes the potential to enact continuous Medicaid coverage for children in New York State.
Streamlining Renewal in Medicaid and SCHIP
This report examines lessons from eight other states regarding options to streamline the annual renewal process for beneficiaries of public health insurance.
Public Program Simplification and Expansion
Presentation highlights are available from a roundtable discussion hosted by the Fund on April 11, 2008, focused on public program simplification and expansion.
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