Reports by Matt Broaddus
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Private Health Coverage Declined, Became Less Secure in 2008
September 10, 2009
The Census Bureau reported today that 46.3 million U.S. residents lacked health insurance in 2008, an increase of 632,000 over the previous year. [1] Nearly 6.6 million more people were uninsured in 2008 than in 2001, when the previous recession hit bottom. The proportion of the population without health insurance climbed to … -
Recovery Act Provides Much-Needed, Targeted Medicaid Assistance To States
February 13, 2009
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act includes an $87 billion temporary increase in the share of Medicaid that the federal government would pay over nine calendar quarters (October 1, 2008, through December 31, 2010). It would provide three elements of Medicaid fiscal relief assistance to states, as outlined below.… -
Measure in House Recovery Package — But Not Senate Package — Would Help Unemployed Parents Receive Health Coverage
February 9, 2009
The economic recovery package that the House passed on January 28 would establish a temporary option for states to provide Medicaid coverage to certain workers (and their families) who have become unemployed during this recession. This provision, which is not in the Senate package, would help address a problem many parents face … -
Preliminary Analysis of Medicaid Assistance for States In the Senate Economic Recovery Package
Updated January 30, 2009
This analysis is being updated in accordance with the legislative process and will be reposted here shortly. -
Senate’s Medicaid Assistance For States Less Targeted Than In House Recovery Bill
Updated January 30, 2009
The economic recovery package passed by the House of Representatives includes an approximately $88 billion temporary increase in the share of the Medicaid program paid by the federal government over nine calendar quarters (October 1, 2008 through December 31, 2010).[1] The states urgently need this type of assistance; states on their own are not able to provide critically needed … -
Senate’s Medicaid Assistance For States Less Targeted Than In House Recovery Bill
January 22, 2009
The Senate’s emerging economic recovery package includes an $87 billion temporary increase in the share of Medicaid that the federal government would pay over nine calendar quarters (October 1, 2008 through December 31, 2010). Like a comparable provision in the House-passed recovery package, the Senate proposal would provide three elements of Medicaid fiscal relief assistance …
