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Interstate Variation and Progress Toward Balance

Interstate Variation and Progress Toward Balance in Use of and Expenditure for Long-Term Services and Supports in 2009

State long-term care (LTC) financing and delivery systems and, in particular, Medicaid funded LTC have long been criticized for being “institutionally biased.” Shifting the balance in publicly-funded LTC provision away from institutional care (nursing homes, long-term hospitals, intermediate care facilities for the intellectually disabled) tow
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Establishing an Analytical Framework for

Establishing an Analytical Framework for Measuring the Role of Reinsurance in the Health Insurance Market

This is a limited analytic study of the role of reinsurance (and similar coverages) in three insurance markets: primary health insurance coverage offered by indemnity insurance companies; health insurance coverage offered by health maintenance organizations; and health benefits coverage offered by employer-sponsored self-insured plans. The purpose
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Indicators of Welfare Dependence. Twelfth Report

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2009-2013

This report was written and compiled by Gilbert Crouse and Annette Waters of the Office of Human Services Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
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Disability and Care Needs of Older Americans: An

Disability and Care Needs of Older Americans: An Analysis of the 2011 National Health and Aging Trends Study

Studies of the prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia in the U.S. estimate that 14% of those over age 70 are affected, and that prevalence increases with age, exceeding one-quarter of persons over age 80. The implications of population aging for increases in older persons with dementia and the impact on families, which will be the
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The Effects of Congressional Proposals on

The Effects of Congressional Proposals on Prescription Drug Costs for Medicare Beneficiaries

Provides discussion and estimates of several Congressional proposals on prescription drug costs for Medicare beneficiaries.
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CHIPRA Mandated Evaluation of the Children's

CHIPRA Mandated Evaluation of the Children's Health Insurance Program: Final Findings

This report presents findings from an evaluation of CHIP mandated by CHIPRA and patterned after an earlier evaluation. Some of the evaluation findings are at the national level, while others focus on the 10 states selected for more intensive study: Alabama, California, Florida, Louisiana, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Texas, Utah, and Virginia. The ev
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Welfare Indicators and Risk Factors

Welfare Indicators and Risk Factors: Thirteenth Report to Congress

The Welfare Indicators Act of 1994 requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to prepare an annual report to Congress on indicators of welfare dependence.  The Indicators of Welfare Dependence report is prepared by ASPE’s Office of Human Services Policy.  As mandated under the Congressional act, the report addresses the rate of welfar
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Community Resilience and Recovery Initiative:

Community Resilience and Recovery Initiative: Final Evaluation Report

In 2010, in response to the recession and the slow recovery process, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) launched the Community Resilience and Recovery Initiative (CRRI). CRRI was a multi-level, place-based demonstration project aimed at helping grantee communities cope with the ongoing behavioral health effects
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Rate Review Annual Report for Calendar Year 2013

Rate Review Annual Report for Calendar Year 2013

This is the third Rate Review Annual Report issued by HHS. The report uses an analysis of 2013 data from 40 states in the individual market and 37 states in the small group market to estimate the impact of the Rate Review Program and the Rate Review Grant Program on premiums. Rate review reduced total U.S. premiums by an estimated $1 billion in 20
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HEALTH INSURANCE MARKETPLACE: DECEMBER ENROLLMENT

Health Insurance Marketplace: December Enrollment Report

This issue brief highlights national and state-level enrollment-related information for the first two months of the Health Insurance Marketplace initial open enrollment period (10-1-13 to 11-30-13).
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IMPACT OF INSURANCE EXPANSION ONHOSPITAL

Impact of Insurance Expansion on Hospital Uncompensated Care Costs in 2014

United States hospitals provide roughly $50 billion in uncompensated care to uninsured and underinsured patients annually. Under the Affordable Care Act, a major insurance coverage expansion is taking place; this expansion is anticipated to reduce uncompensated care as more and more Americans gain insurance coverage. First, this brief examines ear
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FAMILIES ON TANF IN SOUTH CAROLINA: EMPLOYMENT

Families on TANF in South Carolina: Employment Assets and Liabilities

This report presents findings on the characteristics and employment barriers of families receiving TANF benefits in South Carolina's Family Independence (FI) Program. The study included in-depth telephone interviews with 1,120 case heads of families receiving TANF benefits in South Carolina during June 2002, in a research design stratified to incl
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Premium Affordability, Competition, and Choice in

Premium Affordability, Competition, and Choice in the Health Insurance Marketplace, 2014

This brief provides an overview of health insurance plan premiums available in the 2014 Marketplace and the important role of the advanced premium tax credit (“tax credit”) in helping families afford coverage. It contains information on the change in the premium cost associated with the tax credit for individuals who made Marketplace plan sele
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Among consumers under age 65 who will be newly

Overlapping Eligibility and Enrollment: Human Services and Health Programs Under the Affordable Care Act

This report presents information on overlaps in eligible and participating populations in various health and human services programs, and identifies three main human services programs – the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), and the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) – as havi
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Diabetes: A National Plan for Action

Diabetes: A National Plan for Action

Currently, more than 18 million Americans have diabetes and are at risk for related complications like heart disease, stroke, blindness, amputations, and kidney disease. This document provides up-to-date and accurate prevention, detection, and treatment information, and includes simple action steps for individuals, families, health practitioners,
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The Medicare Advantage Program in 2014

The Medicare Advantage Program in 2014

This issue brief provides an overview of pre-Affordable Care Act and post-Affordable Care Act trends in Medicare spending, plan premiums, beneficiary choice of plans, and quality in the Medicare Advantage program
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Opportunities under the Affordable Care Act for

Opportunities under the Affordable Care Act for Human Services Programs to Modernize Eligibility Systems and Expedite Eligibility Determination

This paper summarizes opportunities for states to utilize time-limited federal cost-sharing to modernize human services program eligibility systems and to use data from health programs to streamline eligibility determination for human services.
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Using Behavioral Economics to Inform the

Using Behavioral Economics to Inform the Integration of Human Services and Health Programs under the Affordable Care Act

This paper examines opportunities to apply findings from behavioral economics and decision-making theory to two specific health/human services program interaction contexts: using targeted enrollment strategies to get SNAP recipients into Medicaid, and encouraging individuals seeking health insurance through state marketplaces to apply for SNAP.
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Leavers, Stayers, and Cyclers An Analysis of the

Leavers, Stayers, and Cyclers An Analysis of the Welfare Caseload

This report looks at the changing nature of the caseload by examining the characteristics and circumstances of three groups: people who leave welfare and stay off for at least a year (leavers), people who stay on welfare persistently (stayers), and people who cycle on and off the rolls (cyclers). The report uses a unique data set consisting of over
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Examples of Promising Practices for Integrating

Examples of Promising Practices for Integrating and Coordinating Eligibility, Enrollment and Retention: Human Services and Health Programs Under the Affordable Care Act

This paper presents findings from case studies of selected state-level integration and coordination approaches under the ACA and identifies areas of notable success or potential which may be of interest to other states.
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