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Children and Poverty

  • New Hope and Wisconsin's W2 Program. This is an excellent article explaining the innovative anti-poverty demonstration in Milwaukee, WI (New Hope). The article highlights its health insurance component and compares it to both the current Medicaid program and the proposed BadgerCare program.

  • The effects of poverty and policies on children. Presentation from Family Living Program inservice, Nov. 5, 1997, Oshkosh, WI. This presentation highlights definitions of poverty, trends in poverty rates for children, and principles guiding the development of policy aimed at lessening the negative impacts of poverty on children.
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  • For a good analysis of the implications of poverty on health see Bovbjerg, Randall R. and Marsteller, Jill A. Health Care Market Competition in Six States: Implications for the Poor. The Urban Institute, 1998.


    General Health Insurance Coverage

    The US Census Bureau has issued a national report on the number of insured. This report presents data on the health insurance coverage of people in the United States during the 1997 calendar year. The data, which are shown by selected demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, as well as by state, were collected by the March 1998 Supplement to the Current Population Survey (CPS). An estimated 43.4 (+/-0.5) million people in the United States or 16.1 (+/-0.2) percent of the population were without health insurance coverage during the entire 1997 calendar year. This number was up 1.7 million from the previous year; statistically, the proportion was also higher than the previous year. U.S. Census Bureau, Health Insurance Coverage: 1997, Current Population Reports

    Managed Care

    Powerpoint curriculum for teaching, "Are you ready for managed care?"

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    The Basics of Managed Care

    Wisconsin HMO Market Penetration

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    Medicare

    Medicare Prescription Drug Bill and Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 - PowerPoint

    PowerPoint presentation from Medicare officials detailed major changes to expect with the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003, including changes in how Medicare will cover prescription drug costs. Information in notes on slides offers more detailed information than the brief outline on the slide pages themselves.

    For information about President's proposal, July 1999, see President's proposal
    Medicare and Medicaid Summary
    Medicare+ Choice Curriculum - managed care options for the Medicare population

    Collection of Press Releases on Medicare

    What we know about Medicare and the needs of the elderly

    Medicaid

  • Recent publications on Medicaid managed care:

    Riportella-Muller, R. Using a model to evaluate the impact of managed care on Medicaid- eligible moms and their children in a rural population. Institute for Research on Poverty Discussion Paper. (Nov. 1997.)

    Riportella-Muller, R. Evaluating Medicaid managed care through a public-private partnership. Institute for Research on Poverty Discussion Paper. (Nov. 1998.)

    Riportella-Muller, R. Consumer satisfaction with Medicaid managed care: A rural/urban comparison. Institute for Research on Poverty Discussion Paper. (Nov. 1998.)

  • Medicare and Medicaid Summary

  • Medicaid expenditures and beneficiaries: National and State profiles and trends Health Needs and Medicaid Financing: State facts

    Needs Assessment

    Community health care needs assessments

    For a good annotated bibliography of currently available needs assessment tools, see National Network for Health.These tools used for community health decision making have been reviewed by the Consumer and Community Health Policy Work Group of the National Network for Health.

    Community Needs Assessment and Community Development: The implications of various approaches. Presentation from Oct. 25, 1997 workshop, First Annual Wisconsin Health Services Research Conference, Madison, WI. This presentation highlights the advantages and disadvantages of using different models when attempting to solve health related problems at the community level.
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    Physician Supply

    For a nice summary of the issues about physician supply and how it affects rural areas see
    National Rural Health Association. Physician recruitment and retention. Position paper. November 1998.

    If you just want a short quick summary about why we even have discussions about physician supply see
    What's all the fuss about how many physicians we have?

    Wisconsin Data

    Health Needs and Medicaid Financing: State facts

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    National Data
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