Category: Health Insurance Coverage
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Health Insurance Coverage & the ACA | 2014 Issue Brief
Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors of Mississippi Adults This brief summarizes results from a survey conducted in September and October of 2013 of non-elderly Mississippi adults related to their health insurance coverage and knowledge of new options available beginning in 2014, as well as components of the Affordable Care Act.
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Coverage Options | 2014 Issue Brief
For Mississippians After Implementation of the ACA As of January 2014, individuals in the United States are required to carry health insurance as a mandate under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), or they may be subject to a financial penalty. This brief describes coverage options for the uninsured in Mississippi…
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Building Mississippi’s Health Insurance Exchange | 2012 Issue Brief
Winter 2012 Update Legislation to create a Health Insurance Exchange has been proposed in Mississippi for several years. Through the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA), grants have been made available to states to develop state-based Exchanges, alternatives to a federally run Exchange. This issue brief summarizes a report by the…
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Medicaid Expansion | 2012 Issue Brief
An Overview of Potential Impacts in Mississippi To download the print-friendly version, click here. | To download the report, click here. | To download the presentation, click here. A more recent report has been published by the center in 2022. The U.S. Supreme Court’s June 2012 decision that upheld the…
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An Overview of Health Reform | 2010 Issue Brief
This policy brief takes a look at the Affordable Care Act (Health Reform) in the United States and specifically looks at a comparison for the state of Mississippi. The expansion of both public and private health insurance coverage is expected to insure approximately 32 million more Americans in the next…
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Health Reform Implications for Employers | 2010 Issue Brief
More than 90% of Americans with private health insurance obtain that coverage through employer-sponsored plans. Therefore, the Affordable Care Act (health reform) targets the link between employment and health insurance. Provisions of health reform that affect employer decision-making are highlighted in this policy brief.
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A Glimpse of Health Reform: Coverage, Prevention, & Cost | 2010 Issue Brief
Health Reform (the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) aims to expand public and private insurance coverage, improve the health care delivery system, and increase access to preventive services in the United States. Public coverage currently includes Medicaid, Medicare, Children’s Health Insurance Program, and Indian Health Services. The goal of…
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The Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act | 2009 Issue Brief
Implications for Mississippi The Children’s Health Insurance Program was reauthorized by Congress in February 2009. The new law, the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA), contains significant changes in funding, benefits, eligibility, and administrative requirements and offers several new policy options.
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Proposed Rule on Medicaid School-Based Administrative Claiming | 2007 Issue Brief
To read the print-friendly version, click here. | To read other school-related articles, click here. In 1997, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued guidance materials to local education agencies (LEA’s) to provide technical assistance in implementing school health services and seeking Medicaid reimbursement for covered services. The…
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The State Children’s Health Insurance Program in Mississippi | 2007 Issue Brief
To download the print-friendly version, click here. | To read the technical brief, click here. Reauthorization Issues Background Mississippi implemented the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) following the creation of the program by Congress in 1998. The Legislature created an ad hoc Children’s Health Insurance Program Commission to design…