Healthcare Access Expert Presentations 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… 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/ Healthcare Access Page |