Oregon has begun to lay the conceptual framework for an
overhaul of its health care system that would ensure basic,
universal coverage for every resident
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Utah Modifies Program to Help
Uninsured Workers Participate in Employer-Sponsored Health
Plans
On November 1, the Utah Department of Health began
enrollment in a new program designed to help low income
workers participate in their employers' health insurance
plan
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Maryland's High Risk Insurance Pool
Offers Income Subsidy Program
Since 2003, Maryland has offered a health insurance
program, The Maryland Health Insurance Plan (MHIP), to
residents who are considered uninsurable either because they
are high risk or have a history of medical problems that makes
it difficult for them to find affordable insurance coverage in
the individual market
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Profiles in Coverage: Oklahoma
Employer/Employee Partnership for Insurance
Coverage
SCI recently talked with Matt Lucas, Director of the O-EPIC
program, on how it functions and its experience during the
first year of operation.
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New Publication on ERISA
Implications for State Coverage Strategies
explores the implications of the recent federal court
decision finding that ERISA preempts Maryland's "Fair Share
Act.
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States Face SCHIP Federal Funding
Shortfalls in Fiscal Year 2007
Seventeen states face federal funding shortfalls in their
State Children's Health Insurance Programs (SCHIP) during this
fiscal year.
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America's Health Insurance Plans
Announces Vision for Universal Coverage
In November 2006, America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP)
announced a new coverage proposal that aims to cover all
children within three years and 95 percent of adults within
ten years
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New Issue Brief on Health Plan
Benefit Design
explores the potential for changes in benefit design to
help control health care spending
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News from
AcademyHealth
2007 NCHS/AcademyHealth Health Policy Fellowship Call for
Applications and the 2007 National Health Policy
Conference.
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Reports of Interest
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