"Moving Beyond Planning" – SCI's Summer
Workshop for State Officials
The
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's State Coverage Initiatives
(SCI) program is pleased to present a summer workshop for
state officials titled, "Moving Beyond Planning." The meeting
will be held July 28–29 at Le Meridien Hotel,
Chicago.
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New Study Examines the Effects of
Potential Federal Coverage Strategies
In a recent Health Affairs article, authors Sherry
Glied and Douglas Gould analyze how the variation in certain
state characteristics has an effect on the impact of various
federal strategies to increase insurance
coverage.
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Massachusetts Governor Proposes
Major Health Care Reform
On June
21, Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (R) unveiled a health
care reform proposal that seeks to provide access to health
insurance coverage to the 460,000 uninsured in the state. The
reform proposal focuses on market solutions and personal
responsibility to provide affordable comprehensive care to
those who are currently uninsured.
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Vermont Governor Vetoes Health Care
Bill
At the end of the 2005
legislative session, the Vermont Legislature passed H. 524.
Called Green Mountain Health, the bill would have provided
primary and preventive services to the uninsured.
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GAO Releases Report on Medicaid
Financing Practices
On June 28, the
Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a new report
that examined Medicaid financing practices. Specifically, the
report looked at states' efforts to maximize federal
reimbursements for their programs.
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Medicaid Advisory Commission Members
Named
HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt
announced the appointment of 13 voting members and 15
non-voting members of the Medicaid Advisory Commission on July
8.
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State Health Research and Policy
Interest Group Meeting
More than 80
members of the State Health Research and Policy Interest Group
met during an adjunct meeting to AcademyHealth's Annual
Research Meeting in Boston last month.
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State Challenges Highlighted at
AcademyHealth's Annual Research Meeting
More than 2,300 health services researchers,
providers, and key decision makers met in Boston to address
the critical challenges confronting the nation's health care
delivery system at AcademyHealth's 22nd Annual Research
Meeting. Many themes of interest to states were covered over
the three-day conference, including coverage and access;
disparities; and management, organization, and
financing.
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HCFO Program Releases New Brief on
Health Savings Accounts
A new
brief, Health Savings Accounts as a Tool for Market Change,
has been released by the HCFO initiative, a Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation program. The brief looks at health savings
accounts (HSAs), one component of consumer-directed health
care, from the perspective of markets, employers and
employees, insurers, and consumers.
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Reports of Interest
The following are the most recently released
reports on coverage. State specific reports can be found in
SCI's database of state reports.
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