Why Are Eligible Families Losing Public Health Insurance?
Marilyn Ellwood, senior investigator at Mathematica, visited five states, California, Colorado, Florida, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, to find out why families are losing their Medicaid coverage for their children when they leave welfare. In recent testimony before Congress, she summarized her findings: incredibly complicated eligibility rules, burdensome application and renewal procedures, and administrative difficulties from delinking welfare and Medicaid. More details are at . 5. First Nationwide Public Opinion Poll on Those Without Insurance Americans understand that families without health insurance face major problems, but the public is divided over what to do about it, according to a May 2000 poll. Most Americans think families are uninsured due to joblessness, while in fact most uninsured families are in the workforce. http://www.kff.org/uninsured/3006-Public-Opinion-Update.cfm 6. Holding States Accountable for Health Coverage for Kids When eligible children and families have lost
