Focuses on the elderly poor and the role of both private and public insurance in supplementing Medicare. Examination revealed that those who depend exclusively on Medicare incur substantial out-of-pocket costs, although they use fewer services than those who also have Medicaid or private insurance. (Author/NRB)

This snapshot of children on the California border examines the well-being of children along the U.S.-Mexico border, comparing California, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. It indicates more than one-quarter of all California residents are foreign born (26%), compared to 8% of residents in non-border states. In Texas, the percentage of the population…

The number of Americans without health insurance fell in 1999. This was partly driven by improvements in the extent to which children have health care coverage. Many children who gained coverage were poor children, suggesting that efforts to enroll more Medicaid-eligible children into coverage and to implement the State Children's Health Insurance…

Children who lack health insurance do not have access to preventive care, placing them at greater risk of serious illness. This special report of the Voices for Illinois Children describes federal and state efforts to address the problem of uninsured children and issues that will need to be monitored as Illinois begins to help children access…

Discusses the lopsided distribution of wealth in the United States, which is perpetuated by the regressive taxation system and the payment of public subsidies to large corporations. These factors operate in important ways in the health system. (Author/SB)

The effects of health insurance coverage on resource allocation to hospitals is analyzed. (BH)

This national survey on the extent and nature of mental health coverage within health maintenance organizations covers staffing and referral patterns, service locations, and other administrative functions of mental health coverage in prepaid health insurance programs. (Author/LAB)

TennCare is an approach to providing health care for former Medicaid recipients and the uninsured in Tennessee. The state designates a specific dollar amount per patient and contracts with managed care organizations to allocate funds and provide services. (JOW)

Notes that rapid escalation of health care costs is growing concern for college health administrators charged with negotiating contracts for student health and accident insurance policies. Argues that student health service can serve same function as health maintenance organization, offering students range of services available and referring to…

Notes that professionals in mental health field are increasingly challenged to provide appropriate services within parameters of what will be reimbursed by third party. Contends that these sometimes oppositional forces create philosophical, clinical, and ethical dilemmas. Explores issues, examines circumstances that have led to their creation, and…

Examines inequalities in availability of employer-based health insurance due to differences in formal educational attainment, using a sample of 7762 fully employed adult respondents in the 1987 National Medical Expenditure Survey. Fully employed individuals with higher formal education levels are more likely to have insurance. Ameliorative…

A study identified and compared spending patterns of 3 groups: (1) Medicaid recipients (n=2,262); (2) insured families (n=621); and (3) uninsured families (n=654). A higher proportion of Medicaid families' members are covered; insured families spend a larger proportion of total expenditures for health care and less for food, apparel, and services.…

Student health insurance experiences the same inflationary trends as employee benefits, but is rarely viewed as a significant direct cost to an institution, nor is the bill as high as the costs associated with employee health plans. Several long-term solutions and strategies that could help colleges to contain the ever-escalating cost of providing…

How do part-time faculty members in community colleges view their roles? Data from part-time faculty responses regarding their experiences in higher education vary. Valadez and Antony (2001) analyzed data from 6,811 part-time faculty collected from the National Center for Education Statistics' (NCES) 1992-1993 National Survey of Postsecondary…