An Electronic Briefing Book

Tab 4
Medicaid and SCHIP: Eligibility, Benefits, and Financing

[Speakers]

Judith D. Moore, Senior Fellow, National Health Policy Forum
"Medicaid and SCHIP: Eligibility and Benefits" (PDF of PowerPoint Presentation)

Jean Hearne, Specialist in Social Legislation, Domestic Social Policy Division, Congressional Research Service
"Medicaid Financing" (PDF of PowerPoint Presentation)

Barbara C. Edwards, Principal, Health Management Associates, Inc. (scheduled speaker; Ms. Moore substituted for Ms. Edwards due to travel emergency)
"Medicaid and SCHIP" (PDF of PowerPoint Presentation)

[Session Chair]

Amy Hall, Professional Staff Member (D), House Committee on Energy and Commerce

[Briefing Materials]

• "The Basics: Medicaid"
  Jennifer Ryan, National Health Policy Forum, February 1, 2007; available at www.nhpf.org/pdfs_basics/Basics_Medicaid.pdf
• "Medicaid: Primer"
  Elicia J. Herz, Congressional Research Service (CRS), January 24, 2007; available only to congressional staff through CRS, order code RL33202, from www.crs.gov
• "The Basics: Medicaid Financing"
  Jennifer Ryan, National Health Policy Forum, September 13, 2006; available at www.nhpf.org/pdfs_basics/Basics_MedicaidFinancing_09-13-06.pdf
• "Medicaid Cost-Sharing Under the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA)"
  Elicia J. Herz, CRS, January 25, 2007; available only to congressional staff through CRS, order code RS22578, from www.crs.gov
• "Medicaid in 2006: A Trip Down the Yellow Brick Road?"
  Jennifer Ryan, National Health Policy Forum, Issue Brief 810, March 29, 2006; available at www.nhpf.org/pdfs_ib/IB810_Medicaid2006_03-29-06.pdf
• "Medicaid, the State Children's Health insurance Program (SCHIP), and Health Insurance: FY2008 Budget Issues"
  April Grady et al., CRS, February 7, 2007; available only to congressional staff through CRS, order code RL33866, from www.crs.gov
• "Resuming the Path to Health Coverage for Children and Parents: A 50 State Update on Eligibility Rules, Enrollment and Renewal Procedures, and Cost-Sharing Practices in Medicaid and SCHIP in 2006"
  Kaiser Commission on the Uninsured, Publication 7608, January 2007; available at www.kff.org/medicaid/upload/7608.pdf
• "Medicaid Financial Management: Steps Taken to Improve Federal Oversight but Other Actions Needed to Sustain Efforts" (GAO-06-705)
  Government Accountability Office (GAO), June 2006; available at www.gao.gov/new.items/d06705.pdf
• "Medicaid: Intergovernmental Transfers Have Facilitated State Financing Schemes" (GAO-04-574T)
  GAO, March 18, 2004; available at www.gao.gov/new.items/d04574t.pdf
• "Medicaid: States' Efforts to Maximize Federal Reimbursements Highlight Need fro Improved Federal Oversight" (GAO-05-836T)
  Statement of Kathyrn G. Allen, GAO, June 28, 2005; available at www.gao.gov/new.items/d05836t.pdf
• "Medicaid Integrity: Implementation of New Program Provides Opportunities for Federal Leadership to Combat Fraud, Waste, and Abuse" (GAO-06-578T)
  Statement of Leslie G. Aronovitz, GAO, March 28, 2006; available at www.gao.gov/new.items/d06578t.pdf
• "The Fiscal Survey of States"
  National Governors Association, December 2006; available at www.nasbo.org/Publications/PDFs/
  Fall%202006%20Fiscal%20Survey%20of%20States.pdf

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