This brief, the fifth in a series on critical issues involved in caring for children with special health care needs, notes that about 60 percent of all children have health insurance through a parent's employer, but coverage of services for children with special health care needs varies....

Finds that Medicaid-enrolled children participating in the WIC program had greater use of all types of health care services, compared with Medicaid-enrolled children who were not WIC participants. Notes that children enrolled in Medicaid who participate in WIC are linked to the health care...

In 2010, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services created the Beta-MAX data system to improve the timeliness of Medicaid Analytic Extract (MAX) data while retaining many of the benefits of MAX data for research. This report compares Beta-MAX data with MAX data for 2009 for 32 states with...

This data spotlight, prepared by Mathematica and Kaiser Family Foundation health experts, provides an overview of Medicare Advantage enrollment patterns in March 2013 and examines variations by plan type, state, and firm. It also analyzes trends in premiums paid by beneficiaries enrolled in...

Faced with growing numbers of uninsured, many communities are developing local programs to provide coverage or improved access. While some would predict that only those with health problems would participate, little is known about who enrolls. This article examines participation and retention in...

This report provides insight into parent opinions of and involvement with child care programs participating in Preschool Makes a Difference. It also offers First 5 Contra Costa new accounts of how programs support the diverse needs of Contra Costa parents.