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State Access 2007 Series

February 14:  Access to Health Care - Part I: Expanding the pool
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/webcastfeb07.htm#expandingpool

March 14: Access to Health Care - Part II: Healing the System
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/webcastmar07.htm#Healingsystem

March 22: Access to Health Care – Part III: Making plans affordable
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/webcastmar07.htm#part3

November 9: Accountability in Access to Care: Using Data and Performance Measures to Evaluate State Health Reform Activities
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/webcastnov07.htm#II

 

NCSL Resources:

NSCL Health Program: Access to Healthcare and the Uninsured page
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/h-primary.htm

Health Reform Bills:
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/universalhealth2007.htm

Comprehensive Reforms: State Examples
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/dhmaine.htm

Resources and Guidance for Provisions in the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005
http://www.ncsl.org/statefed/health/StFinancing.htm

Children’s Health Insurance Reform: Increasing Coverage and Expanding Access in the States
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/kidsins.htm

Medicaid FAQ:
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/forum/medicaid_FAQ.htm

Insurance and Managed Care FAQ:  coming soon…

 

Outside Resources:

An Overview of the U.S. Health Care System Chart Book, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, January 31, 2007
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/TheChartSeries/downloads/Chartbook_2007_pdf.pdf

State Coverage Matrix, State Coverage Initiatives:
http://www.statecoverage.net/matrix/index.htm

State of the States 2007, State Coverage Initiatives:
http://www.statecoverage.net/pdf/StateofStates2007.pdf

Snapshot: Health Care Costs 101, California Healthcare Foundation
http://www.chcf.org/documents/insurance/HealthCareCosts07.pdf

The Uninsured: A Primer, Kaiser Family Foundation:
http://kff.org/uninsured/upload/7451-03.pdf

Aiming Higher: Results from a State Scorecard on Health System Performance, The Commonwealth Fund:
http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/publications_show.htm?doc_id=494551

Health Data Sets: Building Blocks for Research and Analysis, Mathematica Policy Institute
http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/health/healthdata.asp

Related Organizations:

State Coverage Initiatives:
http://www.statecoverage.net/

National Academy of State Health Policy:
http://nashp.org/

The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation:
http://kff.org/

Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured:
http://www.kff.org/about/kcmu.cfm

StateHealthFacts.org:
http://www.statehealthfacts.org/

Alliance for Health Care Reform:
http://www.allhealth.org/

California HealthCare Foundation:
http://www.chcf.org/

The Commonwealth Fund:
http://www.commonwealthfund.org/


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