Medicaid Expansions

This brief from SHARE grantee Deborah Chollet, Senior Fellow at Mathematica Policy Research, analyzes risk selection over time in the CommonWealth Care program, a Massachusettes state program that serves low-income adults ineligible for Medicaid.

This online tool from Kaiser Family Foundation uses 2010 American Community Survey data to estimate sub-state share of the population who will benefit from new Medicaid eligibility and the new health insurance tax credit.

Rhode Island has conducted an initial assessment of the BHP option and it is considering building it off of an existing and successful program called RIte Share, a premium assistance program for people who have access to employer-sponsored coverage, but cannot afford to pay the premiums.

The Secretary of New Mexico’s Human Services Department has released the state's Medicaid modernization plan aimed at trying to reduce the rising costs of the program across the state.

This issue brief explains the key steps in a streamlined application process and how they can promote enrollment.