Publications and Reports
Kaiser Family Foundation: How are States Planning to Reduce the Growth in Medicaid Costs?
An issue update that provides preliminary results from a survey of the 50 states and the District of Columbia on their plans to constrain Medicaid cost growth.
Kaiser Family Foundation, July 2002
"The Fiscal Survey of States, May 2002"
Includes a summary of state Medicaid trends.
National Governors Association and the National Association of State Budget Officers, May 2002
Kaiser Family Foundation: Enrolling Children and Families in Health Coverage: The Promise of Doing More
This report discusses findings from a 50 state survey of how states take steps to simplify enrollment and reform renewal procedures.
Kaiser Family Foundation Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, June 2002
"The Future of State Fiscal Conditions: Fiscal Boom, Fiscal Bust, Then What?"
This article, which appeared in the Spring 2002 issue of
Spectrum: The Journal of State Government, discusses the state fiscal boom of the 1990s and what the future may hold for state finances.
Rockefeller Institute, Spring 2002
"Rising Health Care Costs: State Health Cost Containment Approaches"
This paper focuses on lessons learned from state cost containment efforts.
National Academy of State Health Policy. June 2002
"Beyond the Basics: Enrollment and Retention of Hispanic Children in SCHIP"
This report is based on a national symposium conducted with support from The David and Lucile Packard Foundation. The discussion focuses on effective strategies to market and enroll Hispanic children in SCHIP.
National Academy for State Health Policy, March 2002
"State Health Policy Responses to Recessions (1970-2002): What have we learned? Where are we headed?" (.pdf)
This presentation (.pdf) from National Academy for State Health Policy outlines state responses to past recessions and budget shorfalls.
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