134 research outputs found
How Will the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 Affect Children?
Summarizes how reform provisions including the mandate, expanded Medicaid coverage, and changes to parents' coverage will affect children in families of different income levels. Explores possible limitations for Children's Health Insurance Programs
Improving the Lives of Young Children: Increasing Referrals and Follow-Up Treatment in Medicaid and CHIP
Outlines factors limiting referrals and treatment for children in public insurance programs, including low reimbursement rates and complex billing rules and fragmentation between primary care and treatment providers. Recommends state policy options
Improving the Lives of Young Children: The Role of Developmental Screenings in Medicaid and CHIP
Outlines barriers to early identification of health, developmental, or behavioral problems. Recommends policies to increase Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program enrollment, Well-Child Visits and screenings, and use of data to improve policies
Setting Income Thresholds in Medicaid/SCHIP: Which Children Should Be Eligible?
Outlines the debate over raising income limits for eligibility in Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Programs. Examines how employer-sponsored insurance costs have outpaced income growth and considers the implications for the uninsured rate
The Health Status of New Medicaid Enrollees Under Health Reform
Examines the demographic and health data of those newly eligible for Medicaid coverage, whether younger and healthier or older and less healthy than current enrollees, and how they will affect costs depending on participation rates
Prospects for Reducing Uninsured Rates Among Children: How Much Can Premium Assistance Programs Help?
Examines the efficacy of premium assistance under Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Programs in extending coverage for children through a parent's employer-sponsored insurance. Considers policy implications for expanding public insurance
How Will the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 Affect Young Adults?
Summarizes how healthcare reform provisions including the expansion of dependent coverage, subsidies for insurance premiums, and penalties for opting out of coverage will affect young adults ages 19-29 by income level and gender
Covering Kids & Families Evaluation: Public Coverage Versus No Coverage for Children: Perceptions and Experiences of Parents in Four Cities
Based on interviews, examines the perceptions and experiences that shape parents' decisions on enrolling their children in Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Programs. Considers remaining challenges, including language barriers
Medicaid Policy Changes in Kentucky Under the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005: Implementation Issues and Remaining Challenges
Describes the implementation and impact of 2006 reforms, including targeted benefit packages, increased cost sharing, soft service limits, rewarding healthy behaviors, premium assistance, and disease management. Outlines contributing factors and barriers
Stress, Health Risk Behaviors, and Weight Status Among Community College Students
The objective of this study was to describe the relationship between stress, weight-related health risk behaviors (e.g., eating behaviors, physical activity, sedentary behavior, sleep, cigarette smoking and binge drinking), and weight status using cross-sectional data on 2-year community college students enrolled in a randomized controlled weight gain prevention trial. Modified Poisson regression and linear regression were used to examine crude and adjusted cross-sectional associations. Higher stress was associated with higher prevalence of overweight/obesity (crude PR=1.05 [95% CI 1.01, 1.09]), though the relationship was no longer statistically significant after controlling for a wide range of weight-related health risk behaviors (adjusted PR=1.04 [95% CI 1.00, 1.08]). Stress levels were significantly associated with meal skipping and being a current smoker. Future research should investigate the mechanisms through which stress is related to obesity risk and examine the causes of stress among this understudied population to inform the design of appropriate interventions
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