Under the State Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), states have the option to subsidize employer premiums for low-income workers with children. Given the potential for subsidized employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) programs to reduce the number of uninsured children, this study examined SCHIPs regulations and state experiences with premium…

This brief provides a snapshot of the types and scale of expansions that states have adopted in the early implementation phase of the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), a program to expand health coverage for low-income children up to age 19. In addition, the brief examines how coverage expansions vary in relation to state…

This study examined differences in health care access and utilization in urban; rural, adjacent; and rural, nonadjacent areas. Data came from the National Survey of American Families, a survey of children and adults under age 65 in over 44,000 households which provides representative information on the nonelderly population for 13 states and the…

Since its creation in 1997, the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) has provided low-income children the access to health care they desperately need. Recognizing the important role health insurance plays in assuring that children come to school healthy and ready to learn, the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSCO) gathered…

Passed in 1997, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) was designed to expand and complement the Medicaid program, thereby reducing the number of U.S. children without health insurance. However, as states implemented welfare reform, many children and parents lost welfare benefits, and thereby Medicaid coverage. This study examined…

The tables in this document are based on data collected through the National Survey of America's Families (NSAF), a household survey conducted as part of the Assessing the New Federalism project. The project is national in scope, but has selected 13 focal states for intensive study. These tabulations are based on the 1997 round of the NSAF. They…

Many State legislatures in 1973 eliminated sex-discriminatory unemployment insurance law provisions, mainly pregnancy and marital or domestic obligation provisions. A table includes coverage of all State unemployment insurance laws and selected characteristics. Other changes covered benefit amounts, qualifying requirements, disqualification and…

Recommends that one begin by ignoring the overall unemployment rate and concentrate on some particular groups with special problems in making employment policies. (DM)

Examines the Democratic and Republican party platforms adopted in Miami Beach last summer and outlines the political promises of the recent campaign. (Author)

Excerpts from a speech made by the author at the conference of the American Compensation Association, October 21, 1970. Economic factors, job satisfactions, and problems of living experienced by blue collar workers are included. (DM)

A Federally financed and insured revolving loan fund to finance higher education for all citizens. (Editor)

Outlines a group profile of patients (N=200) seen for psychiatric evaluation involving workers' compensation. Results showed 73 percent of the cases could be classified by the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. A third of the sample reported back injury with 15 percent purely emotional complaints. There were few exaggerated MMPI profile…

Investigated the effects of fee payment sources on the duration of psychotherapy for 160 outpatients. Univariate results indicated that scaled fee patients had significantly more sessions than those whose fee was paid by Medicaid. Multivariate results, however, indicated that education and sex accounted for most of the variance in treatment…