Return-Path: <root> Received: (from root@localhost) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) id f7VBqO409140 for health-archive@nifl.gov; Fri, 31 Aug 2001 07:52:24 -0400 (EDT) Resent-Message-Id: <200108311152.f7VBqO409140@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from f04n01.cac.psu.edu (f04s01.cac.psu.edu [128.118.141.31]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with ESMTP id f1ILE0911664 for <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov>; Sun, 18 Feb 2001 16:14:01 -0500 (EST) Received: from [146.186.96.31] (rack31.ed.psu.edu [146.186.96.31]) by f04n01.cac.psu.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA57522 for <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov>; Sun, 18 Feb 2001 16:14:00 -0500 X-Sender: blv1@email.psu.edu Message-Id: <v04210109b6b5eb129e75@[146.186.96.31]> Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 16:14:00 -0500 To: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov From: Barb Van Horn <blv1@psu.edu> Subject: 2 reports on health insurance Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Resent-From: root@literacy.nifl.gov Resent-Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 07:52:24 -0400 Resent-To: health-archive@nifl.gov Status: O Content-Length: 1873 Lines: 42 Dear subscribers, Since many low-income women may also have literacy needs, you may find the following reports of interest. I haven't looked at them yet, but it would be interesting to see if literacy or educational functioning is mentioned at all in terms of the per cent of women who are not covered by insurance due to the inability to complete the required paperwork. Same goes for uninsured children. FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS: Health Insurance Coverage of Low-Income Women - The Center for Health Policy Research at UCLA assesses the impact health coverage has on policy changes associated with the 1996 federal welfare reform law. The authors found that 35% of low-income (under 200% of the federal poverty level) women in the U.S. are uninsured, and over one-third of low-income working women are uninsured. http://www.kff.org/content/2001/1611 CHARTING NEW COURSES FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE - An 18-state study of SCHIP implementation strategies found distinct trade-offs surround the adoption of either Medicaid or separate program expansions. Medicaid expansions, while simpler to administer, appear burdened by historical links to public welfare. States that created separate programs, while burdened by start-up and coordination challenges, have demonstrated greater innovation in the areas of outreach, enrollment, and service delivery, reports the Urban Institute's Assessing the New Federalism project http://newfederalism.urban.org/health_policy.html#chip Barb ****************** Barbara Van Horn NIFL-WORKPLACE List Co-Moderator Assistant Director Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy College of Education, The Pennsylvania State University 102 Rackley Building University Park, PA 16802-3202 Phone: 814-865-5876 Fax: 814-863-6108 E-mail: BLV1@PSU.EDU "Moving adult literacy from the Margins to the Mainstream"
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