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Updated Key Resources on Health Coverage and the Uninsured
The Foundation has a bevy of newly updated resources that examine the size and characteristics of the uninsured population in the U.S., explain why so many Americans lack coverage, review the consequences of not having coverage, examine differences in uninsured rates among states, and summarize how the uninsured may be affected by health reform. Also available are supplemental tables with more detailed data on health coverage nationally and at the state level.

Summary of Coverage Provisions in the Health Reform Law
This summary describes the health coverage provisions contained in the final version of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act signed into law in March 2010, including the individual mandate requirements, expansion of public programs, health insurance exchanges, changes to private insurance, employer requirements and cost and coverage estimates.

Overview of Health Coverage for Individuals with Limited English Proficiency
This brief provides an overview of the 21.1 million people in the United States with limited English proficiency (LEP) and describes their access to health coverage and care.

Interactive Quiz Tests Knowledge About The Uninsured Population and the Consequences of Not Having Health Coverage.
Tens of millions of Americans lack health coverage, and the substantial growth of the uninsured population in recent decades was a primary impetus for passage of the Affordable Care Act. Take our Uninsured Quiz to gauge how much you know about the uninsured population and the consequences of not having health coverage.

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Implementing New Private Health Insurance Market Rules -- January 2013

Visualizing Health Policy: Health Coverage Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) -- December 2012

Increasing Medicaid Payments for Certain Primary Care Physicians in 2013 and 2014: A Primer on the Health Reform Provision and Final Rule -- December 2012

How Much Will Medicaid Physician Fees for Primary Care Rise in 2013? Evidence from a 2012 Survey of Medicaid Physician Fees -- December 2012

Disparities in Health and Health Care: Five Key Questions and Answers -- December 2012

Washington's Managed FFS Demonstration to Integrate Care and Align Financing for Dual Eligible Beneficiaries -- December 2012

Massachusetts and Washington: Financial Alignment Demonstrations for Dual Eligible Beneficiaries Compared -- December 2012

Health Insurance Coverage of Women Ages 18 to 64, by State, 2010-2011 -- December 2012

Medicaid Eligibility and Enrollment for People With Disabilities Under the Affordable Care Act: The Impact of CMS's March 23, 2012 Final Regulations -- December 2012

Medicaid Eligibility, Enrollment Simplification, and Coordination under the Affordable Care Act: A Summary of CMS's March 23, 2012 Final Rule -- December 2012

This brief looks at three proposed federal regulations released in late November 2012 that detail how the ACA’s rules will operate in the following areas: private insurance market reforms, essential health benefits and actuarial value, and wellness programs offered or required by employers under group health plans.

This infographic explains how people can get health coverage beginning in 2014.

This brief explains the main provisions of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ November 6, 2012 final rule, which provides the blueprint for implementation of the Medicaid primary care fee increase under health reform.

This brief presents 50-state data from the 2012 KCMU/Urban Institute Medicaid Physician Fee Survey. It presents data on how states compare in their 2012 Medicaid fee levels, how Medicaid fees compared to Medicare fees, and how Medicaid fees have changed over time.

This brief provides an introduction to health and health care disparities, not only for racial and ethnic groups but also for groups defined by other characteristics, such as socioeconomic status, geographic location, age, and language.

This policy brief describes key aspects of Washington state's memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to test a managed fee-for-service (FFS) financial alignment model for beneficiaries who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid, beginning on April 1, 2013.

This fact sheet compares five-year demonstrations in Massachusetts and Washington state to integrate care and align financing for people dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid. The states finalized memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in fall 2012.

This fact sheet provides state-by-state data on the uninsured rate, as well as rates of private insurance coverage and Medicaid coverage, among women nationally, in the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

This brief summarizes Medicaid eligibility and benefits for people with disabilities today and explains how they will be affected by the ACA in light of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) March 23, 2012 final rule to implement the ACA provisions relating to Medicaid eligibility, enrollment simplification and coordination.

This brief provides a summary of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) March 23, 2012 final rule, which is effective Jan. 1, 2014 and lays out procedures for states to implement the Medicaid expansion and the streamlined and integrated eligibility and enrollment system created under the Affordable Care Act.

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