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Reinsurance in State Health Reform
May 2008

Microsimulation Model for Reinsurance
May 2008

Marketing State Insurance Coverage Programs: Experiences from Four States
November 2007

Health Insurance Connectors and Exchanges:  A Primer for State Officials
September 2007

Automatic Enrollment Strategies: Helping State Coverage Expansions Achieve Their Goals
August 2007

TennCare Reform, One Year Later: An Assessment of the Impact of the 2005-2006 Changes in the TennCare Program
June 2007

Efforts to Expand Coverage to the Uninsured:  Program Design Challenges and Tradeoffs in Six States
March 2007

ERISA Update: Federal Court of Appeals Agrees ERISA Preempts Maryland’s “Fair Share Act”
Prepared for AcademyHealth and the National Academy for State Health Policy
February 2007

ERISA Implications for State Health Care Access Initiatives: Impact of the Maryland “Fair Share Act” Court Decision
November 2006

Major Changes in Benefit Design: A Plausible Way to Control Costs?
November 2006

The Pennsylvania Community Health Reinvestment Agreement: Establishing Non-Profit Insurers' Community Benefit Obligations
August 2006
By Carol Pryor and Catherine Dunham

Medicaid HIFA Waiver Comparison: Arkansas, New Mexico and Oklahoma
Summer 2006

Turning Medicaid Beneficiaries into Purchasers of Health Care: Critical Success Factors for Medicaid Consumer-Directed Health Purchasing
August 2006
By Charles Milligan, Cynthia Woodcock, and Alice Burton

Uncharted Territory: Current Trends in Section 1115 Demonstrations
March 2006
By Theresa Sachs, Jenna Walls, and Isabel Friedenzohn

Turning Medicaid Beneficiaries into Purchasers of Health Care: Critical Success Factors for Medicaid Consumer-Directed Health Purchasing
January 2006
by Charles Milligan, Cynthia Woodcock, and Alice Burton

More Answers on Reinsurance
June 2005
by Donald Cohn, Enrique Martinez-Vidal, and Deborah Chollet

State and Community Collaboration: Lessons from the Communities in Charge Program and Other Local Initiatives
April 2005
by Isabel Friedenzohn and Terry Stoller

The Role of Reinsurance in State Efforts to Expand Coverage
October 2004
Deborah Chollet, Ph.D.

Health Savings Accounts: Issues and Implementation Decisions for States
September 2004
Mila Kofman, J.D.

ERISA Update: The Supreme Court Texas Decision and Other Recent Developments
Patricia A. Butler, J.D., Dr.P.H.

Limited-Benefit Policies: Public and Private-Sector Experiences
July 2004
Isabel Friedenzohn

HIFA at Age Two: Opportunities and Limitations for States
November 2003
by Theresa Sachs

Evaluating ROI in State Disease Management Programs
November 2003
by Thomas W. Wilson

Mapping State Health Insurance Markets, 2001: Structure and Change
September 2003
by Deborah Chollet, Fabrice Smieliauskas, and Madeleine Konig

States' Experience with Benefit Design
April 2003
by Isabel Friedenzohn

Group Purchasing Arrangements: Issues for States
April 2003
by Mila Kofman

In Focus - The Trade Act of 2002: Coverage Options for States
March 2003
by Stan Dorn

Leveraging Local Funds to Expand Coverage in Lean Times
February 2003
by Caton Fenz

Disease Management: Findings from Leading State Programs
December 2002
by Ben Wheatley

Health Insurance Flexibility and Accountability Initiative: Opportunities and Issues for States
August 2002, Vol. III, No. 2
By Gretchen Engquist and Peter Burns

Meeting: Containing Costs to Preserve Coverage, July 2002

State Health Care Spending: A Systems Perspective
May 2002, Vol. III, No. 1
By Caton Fenz

Meeting: Health Insurance Coverage in an Era of Flexibility and Innovation, January 2002

State Planning Grant Program: Synthesis of State Experiences
AcademyHealth
December 2001

Medicaid Disease Management: Seeking to Reduce Spending by
Promoting Health

August 2001, Vol. II, No. 4
by Ben Wheatley

Full-Cost Buy-Ins: An Overview of State Experience
August 2001, Vol. II, No. 3
by Michael Birnbaum

Section 1115 Waivers and Budget Neutrality: Using Medicaid Funds
to Expand Coverage

May 2001, Vol. II, No. 2
by Charles Milligan

Meeting: Building on Employer-Based Coverage, July 2001

Understanding the Dynamics of 'Crowd-out': Defining Public/Private Coverage Substitution for Policy and Research
June 2001
by Tanya T. Alteras
(Produced by the RWJF Changes in Health Care Financing & Organization (HCFO) program)

Employer Buy-In Program: How Four States Subsidize Employer-Sponsored Insurance (Wisconsin Update)
June 2001

Section 1115 Waivers and Budget Neutrality: Using Medicaid Funds
to Expand Coverage

May 2001, Vol. II, No. 2
by Charles Milligan

Employer Buy-In: How Four States Subsidize Employer-Sponsored Insurance
March 2001

Wisconsin's BadgerCare Program Offers Innovative Approach for Family Coverage
January 2001, Vol. II, No. 1
by Jeremy Alberga

Mapping State Health Insurance Markets: Structure and Change in the States' Group and Individual Health Insurance Markets, 1995-1997
December 2000
by Deborah J. Chollet, Adele M. Kirk, and Marc E. Chow

Disparities in State Health Coverage: A Matter of Policy or Fortune?
December 2000
by Christopher Trenholm and Susanna Kung

ERISA Complicates State Efforts to Improve Access to Individual Insurance for the Medically High Risk
August 2000, Vol. I, No. 3
by Pat Butler

State Approaches to Expanding Family Coverage
May 2000, Vol. I, No. 2
by Ben Wheatley

Expanding Coverage to Parents through Medicaid Section 1931
May 2000, Vol. I, No. 1
by Michael Birnbaum

Evaluating State Health Coverage Expansions
February 2000
by Marsha Gold

ERISA Preemption Primer
January 2000
by Patricia Butler

ERISA Preemption Manual for State Health Policy Makers
January 2000
by Patricia Butler
Produced jointly with the National Academy for State Health Policy

For an update on this report, visit: www.nashp.org/Files/GNL30_ERISA_Preemption_manual.pdf

Purchasing Private Health Insurance through Government Health Care Programs: A Guide for States
June 1999
by Laura A. Tollen

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