HDSLP4

Medicare and Medicaid SLP4

The overall goal of the Session Long Project is to examine health care delivery in the United States.

Read the following article: Shaefer, H. L., Grogan, C. M., PhD., & Pollack, H. A., PhD. (2011). Who transitions from private to public health insurance? lessons from expansions of the state children's health insurance program. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 22(1), 359-70.

After reading the article, please respond to the following questions:

1.   Briefly summarize the article.

2.   Define and discuss the concept of "crowd out." Why was this a central issue with state children's health insurance program?

3.   What is the concept of private to public transition? How does it impact children's insurance?

4.   What were the results of the study as it relates to children's insurance?

5.   Do you agree with what the authors found? Why or why not?

LENGTH: 2-3 pages typed and double-spaced using 12pt Times New Roman font and 1-inch page margins. Please use headers throughout the paper. This will aid you in not overlooking vital elements of the assignment and make the document easier for the reader to follow

Campaign for Children’s Health Care (2006, July). Why health insurance matters for children. Families USA for the Campaign for Children’s Health Care, Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://www.childrenshealthcampaign.org/assets/pdf/Kids-Why-Insurance-Matters.pdf

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (2007). Overview. Retrieved from http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MedicaidGenInfo/.

Guterman, S., Davis, K., Stremikis, K., & Drake, H. (2010). Innovation in medicare and medicaid will be central to health reform's success. Health Affairs, 29(6), 1188-93.

Hill, J.E. (2006). The Coming Revolution in Healthcare. Vital Speeches of the Day, 72(26), 774-777.

Rudowitz, R., Artiga, S., & Arguello, R. (2014, March). Children’s health coverage: Medicaid, CHIP, and the ACA. Retrieved from http://kff.org/health-reform/issue-brief/childrens-health-coverage-medicaid-chip-and-the-aca/

Sebelius, K. (2013, September). The Department of Health and Human Services 2013 annual report on the quality of care for children in Medicaid and CHIP. Report to Department of Health and Human Services. Retrieved from http://www.medicaid.gov/Medicaid-CHIP-Program-Information/By-Topics/Quality-of-Care/Downloads/2013-Ann-Sec-Rept.pdf

Shaefer, H. L., Grogan, C. M., PhD., & Pollack, H. A., PhD. (2011). Who transitions from private to public health insurance? lessons from expansions of the state children's health insurance program. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 22(1), 359-70.

Required Websites

Neuman, T. (2009, June). Medicare 101: The basics. Audio and video tutorial presentation for Kaiser Family Foundation, KaiserEDU. Retrieved from http://kff.org/interactive/medicare-101-tutorial/

Rudowitz, R. (2012, January). Medicaid 101. Audio and video tutorial presentation for Kaiser Family Foundation, KaiserEDU. Retrieved from http://kff.org/interactive/medicaid-101-tutorial/