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Implications and Options for State-Funded and Medicaid Expansion Coverage Programs under Health Reform
Publication Year: 2012

A number of states and the District of Columbia currently administer health coverage programs for low-income uninsured individuals who either exceed maximum Medicaid income eligibility thresholds or who are not categoricallly eligible for the Medicaid program, such as childless adults.  The majority of individuals currently covered through these programs will be eligible for other coverage pursuant to the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This report, from SHARE grantee Theresa Sachs and her research team at Health Management Associates, reviews the objectives and structure of 11 health coverage programs in six states and documents the legal, technical, and policy issues that states are already addressing, or need to address, as they review options for transitioning program enrollees to new coverage options under the ACA.  The authors also present possibilities for new uses of state dollars freed up by the infusion of federal funds in 2014.

Louisiana Breaks New Ground: The Nation's First Use of Automatic Enrollment through Express Lane Eligibiltiy
Publication Year: 2012

This report, from SHARE grantee Stan Dorn of the Urban Institute, details findings from an analysis of Louisiana's landmark used of automated Medicaid enrollment via Express Lane Eligibility (ELE), a strategy authorized by the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA).  Under this initiative Louisiana automatically enrolled children into Medicaid based on data matches indicating eligibility for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).  Dorn and his co-authors analyze the impact of ELE on several outcomes including enrollment, coverage, administrative costs, and administrative efficiency, offering a number of lessons for other states considering the use of ELE for public program eligiblity determination.

Louisiana Breaks New Ground: The Nation's First Use of Automatic Enrollment through Express Lane Eligibility
Publication Year: 2012

This presentation of SHARE-funded research was given by Urban Institute Senior Fellow, Ian Hill, M.P.A., M.S.W.,  at the 2012 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting in Orlando, FL, on June 23, 2012. The analysis looks at the Federal policy that facilitated Louisiana's use of Express-Lane Eligibility (ELE) and at Louisiana's approach to, and success with, the strategy.  Based on their findings, the authors provide a number of lessons for other states considering an ELE approach.