Health Insurance & Financing Toolkit

Chartbook

• State-at-a-Glance Chartbook on Coverage and Financing of Care for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs, (January, 2007)

Other Publications

Health Care Reform

• The Essential Components of Health Care Reform for Children with Special Health Care Needs (September, 2009)
  
• What Do CSHCN Require from Health Care Reform? (July, 2009)
  
• Health Care Reform and CYSHCN: Coverage is Not Enough (July, 2009)

Care Coordination

• Designing Evaluation Studies of Care Coordination Outcomes for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (August, 2008)
  

Fundamentals

• Why Health Insurance is Important to Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (July, 2006)
• Medicaid as a Second Language: A Slightly Irreverent Guide to Common Medicaid Terms, Acronyms and Abbreviations (March, 2007)

• Mandated Benefits: Essential to Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (June, 2008)

Family Opportunity Act (FOA) and Medicaid Buy-In Programs

• Reducing Under-Insurance for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs through Medicaid Buy-In Programs (November, 2006)
• Methodology for Estimating the Impact of State Implementation of the Family Opportunity Act (November, 2006)
• Frequently Asked Questions about the Family Opportunity Act's Medicaid Buy-In Option (February, 2007)

Medical Debt and Family Financial Hardship

• Payer of Last Resort: Medical Debt and Financial Hardship among Families Raising Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (March, 2007)
• Breaking the Link between Special Health Care Needs and Financial Hardship (February, 2009)

Paying for Additional Services

• Relief Funds: A Safety Net for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (August,2007)