Speaker Slides from "Medicaid: Opportunities and Challenges"

New! Speaker Slides from "Medicaid: Opportunities and Challenges" session at NCSL Annual Meeting

If you missed NCSL's annual meeting session on Medicaid opportunities and challenges, you can see the speaker's slides by clicking below. As state revenues decline, the costs of health care rise and the demand for Medicaid coverage grows. What new policy options have states adopted as they have tried to balance access and cost? The speakers in this session examined the Health Insurance Flexibility and Accountability initiative approved for Arizona, along with other state responses.

Speakers:

Covering the Uninsured 2002: An 1115 Approach in Utah -- Rod Betit, Executive Director, Utah Department of Health, Salt Lake City

Medicaid Section 1115 Waivers: The Good, The Bad, and the Potentially Ugly -- Steve Hitov, Managing Attorney, National Health Law Program, Washington D.C.

Medicaid in FY 2003: Opportunities and Challenges -- Vernon Smith, Principal, Health Management Associates

Moving Into the Community -- Kathy Rama, Technical Director, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

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