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2008

St@teside (E-newsletter)
September 2008

St@teside (E-newsletter)
July 2008

Indiana Check-Up Plan
July 2008

Can a Sales Tax on Medical Services Help Fund State Coverage Expansions?
July 2008

St@teside (E-newsletter)
June 2008

Reinsurance in State Health Reform
May 2008

Microsimulation Model for Reinsurance
May 2008

St@teside (E-newsletter)
May 2008

St@teside (E-newsletter)
April 2008

St@teside (E-newsletter)
March 2008

St@teside (E-newsletter)
February 2008

St@teside (E-newsletter)
January 2008

2007

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

St@teside (E-newsletter)
November/December 2007

St@teside (E-newsletter)
October 2007

St@teside (E-newsletter)
September 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

St@teside (E-newsletter)
July/August 2007

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

St@teside (E-newsletter)
June 2007

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

St@teside (E-newsletter)
May 2007

Profiles in Coverage: Healthcare Group of Arizona
April 2007

St@teside (E-newsletter)
April 2007

St@teside (E-newsletter)
March 2007

ERISA Update: Federal Court of Appeals Agrees
February 2007

St@teside (E-newsletter)
February 2007

State of the States 2007
January 2007

Amanda Brodt, Alice Burton, Donald Cohn, Brynnan Cox, Amanda Folsom, Isabel Friedenzohn, Enrique Martinez-Vidal, Margaret Trinity

St@teside (E-newsletter)
January 2007

2006

St@teside (E-newsletter)
November 2006

Oklahoma Employer/Employee Partnership for Insurance Coverage (O-EPIC)
November 2006

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

St@teside (E-newsletter)
October 2006

St@teside (E-newsletter)
September 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

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

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

St@teside (E-newsletter)
July 2006

St@teside (E-newsletter)
June 2006

St@teside (E-newsletter)
May 2006

St@teside (E-newsletter)
April 2006

St@teside (E-newsletter)
March 2006

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

New Mexico State Coverage Insurance
March 2006
SCI recently talked with Pamela S. Hyde, J.D., secretary, Human Services Department, about New Mexico State Coverage Insurance.

St@teside (E-newsletter)
February 2006

State of the States 2006
January 2006
by Alice Burton, Daniel Campion, Donald Cohn, Isabel Friedenzohn, Enrique Martinez-Vidal, Margaret Trinity, Kari Root

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

St@teside (E-newsletter)
January 2006

2005

St@teside (E-newsletter)
November 2005

St@teside (E-newsletter)
October 2005

Profile in Coverage: West Virginia Small Business Plan
Fall 2005
SCI talks with Sonia Chambers, chair of the West Virginia Health Care Authority, and Sally Richardson, executive director of the Institute for Health Policy Research at West Virginia University, about the West Virginia Small Business Plan.

St@teside (E-newsletter)
September 2005

St@teside (E-newsletter)
July 2005

St@teside (E-newsletter)
June 2005

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

St@teside (E-newsletter)
May 2005

Profile in Coverage: Maine Dirigo
May 2005

SCI talks with Trish Riley, director of the Governor's Office of Health Policy and Finance, about Dirigo.

St@teside (E-newsletter)
April 2005

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

St@teside (E-newsletter)
March 2005

St@teside (E-newsletter)
February 2005

St@teside (E-newsletter)
January 2005

State of the States 2005
January 2005
Bonnie Austin, Alice Burton, LeAnne DeFrancesco, Isabel Friedenzohn, Shitang Patel, Myisha Patterson, Margaret Trinity

2004

St@teside (E-newsletter)
November 2004

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

St@teside (E-newsletter)
September 2004

Health Savings Accounts: Issues and Implementation Decisions for States
September 2004

Mila Kofman, J.D.

St@teside (E-newsletter)
August 2004

ERISA Update: The Supreme Court Texas Decision and Other Recent Developments
August 2004

Patricia A. Butler, J.D., Dr.P.H.

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

States’ Issues and Concerns with Implementation of Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Coverage
July 2004

St@teside (E-newsletter)
July 2004

St@teside (E-newsletter)
June 2004

St@teside (E-newsletter)
May 2004

Pennsylvania's HIPP Program
April 2004
SCI talks with Joanne Slesser, the former director of Pennsylvania’s Health Insurance Premium Payment (HIPP) program.

St@teside (E-newsletter)
April 2004

State of the States 2004
January 2004
by Isabel Friedenzohn, Elizabeth Greenbaum, Madeleine Konig, Benjamin Wheatley, LeAnne DeFrancesco, Jeremy Alberga, Christina Folz


2003

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

Utah's Primary Care Network
November 2003
SCI talks with Rod Betit, former executive director of the Utah Department of Health; Questions prepared by Isabel Friedenzohn

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

Stateside (newsletter)
October 2003

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

Stateside (newsletter)
April 2003

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

State of the States 2003
January 2003
by Christina Folz, Isabel Friedenzohn, LeAnne DeFrancesco, Madeleine Konig, Leslie Hallman, and Jeremy Alberga


2002

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

SCI Newsletter, August 2002, No. 8

Meeting: Containing Costs to Preserve Coverage, July 2002

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

SCI Newsletter, April 2002 - No. 7

State of the States 2002
January 2002
by LeAnne DeFrancesco, Christina Folz, Madeleine Konig, and Carole Lee

January 31, 2002, Press Release
State of the States 2002 Now Available: Report Analyzes State Health Coverage Efforts in 2001

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


2001

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

SCI Newsletter, October 2001 - No. 6

October 15, 2001, Press Release
RWJF Awards Four States Over $5 Million To Expand Health Insurance

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

Meeting: Building on Employer-Based Coverage, July 2001

SCI Newsletter, July 2001 - No. 5

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

SCI Newsletter, March 2001 - No. 4

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

State of the States 2001
January 2001
by Ben Wheatley, Jeremy Alberga, LeAnne DeFrancesco, and Sarah Molinari

January 31, 2001, Press Release
State of the States Report Now Available: New Publication Provides Analysis of State Health Coverage Expansions Over Past Year

January 10, 2001, Press Release
Study Finds No Two State Health Insurance Markets are Alike

January 5, 2001, Press Release
Now Available Disparities in State Health Coverage Report

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


2000

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

SCI Newsletter, November 2000 - No. 3

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

SCI Newsletter, July 2000 - No. 2

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

SCI Newsletter, March 2000 - No. 1

March 2, 2000
New Report Serves as Evaluation Tool as States Assess Coverage Expansions

February 11, 2000
Report Examines Implications of ERISA Preemption for State Health Policy

February 9, 2000
Health Care Coverage Expansions Focus of State Coverage Initiatives Report

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

State of the States 2000
January 2000
by Jeremy Alberga, LeAnne DeFrancesco, and Benjamin Wheatley


1999

SCI Newsletter, September 1999 - No. 32

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

SCI Newsletter, June 1999 - No. 31

SCI Newsletter, March 1999 - No. 30


1998

SCI Newsletter, November 1998 - No. 29

SCI Newsletter, July 1998 - No. 27

SCI Newsletter, May 1998 - No. 26

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