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Medicaid brochure or publication: Your Medicare Rights and Protections source: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 44pp   languages: English Fairly detailed explanations and descriptions about your Medicare rights and protections. Medicaid brochure or publication: North Carolina MEDICAID FACTS source:AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS file size: 43pg.   languages: English Introduction to North Carolina Medicaid, with answers to questions like "What is medicaid?" and "How is Medicaid different from Medicare?" with facts pertaining to North Carolina residents. Medicare Web Page: Be Smart Free Reproductive Health Services for Men and Women source:North Carolina Division of Medical Assistance languages: English "The Be Smart program offers free family planning health services to moderate- and low-income men and women in North Carolina who are..." Medicare Web Page: Planning Today for Tomorrow's Health Care Costs source: North Carolina State University and NC A&T State University file size: 2 pg.   languages: English "Unfortunately, many families believe things about Medicare and other health insurance for older folks that can best be called "myths." Following are some of these myths and their realities... web page: Key Medicaid Information for North Carolina source:Elder Law Answers languages: English Explains important basics about North Carolina Medicaid. Topics include protections for the community spouse, transfers, income, and estate recovery. Medicaid brochure or publication: The Uninsured and Medicaid (North Carolina) source:North Carolina Medical Journal file size: 3 pg.   languages: English Commentary examines choices and the situation for the uninsured in North Carolina Medicaid brochure or publication: An Overview of Medicaid in North Carolina* source:Terry Sanford Public Policy (Duke University) file size: 65 pg.   languages: English from the North Carolina Family Impact Seminar "In North Carolina, as in other states, Medicaid cost containment is an increasingly pressing concern. This brief offers details on North Carolina’s Medicaid program in order to provide recent state level information, and to help set the stage for the consideration of specific cost containment strategies discussed in the subsequent briefs..." Medicaid brochure or publication: NC HEALTH CHOICE FOR CHILDREN source: North Carolina Institute of Medicine file size: 7 pg.   languages: English NC Health Choice is a free or reduced-cost health insurance program for uninsured children from birth through age 18. web page: North Carolina Public Health Insurance for Parents source:National Center for Children in Poverty languages: English "Parents have access to public health insurance coverage primarily through plans that target “families”, with significant variation by state in the types of plans that are available and in the eligibility criteria that parents must meet. Most family plans are funded through Medicaid, but a handful of states have waivers to use State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) funds to cover parents..."   more from National Center for Children in Poverty: North Carolina Demographics of Low-Income Children languages: English "Research suggests that, on average, families need an income of about twice the federal poverty level to meet their most basic needs. Children living in families with incomes below this level—$40,000 for a family of four in 2006—are referred to as low income..." web page: North Carolina & United States State Medicaid Fact Sheets source:Kaiser Family Foundation languages: English Medicaid brochure or publication: Medicaid At-a-Glance 2005 source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services file size: 12 pg.   languages: English A brief explanation of the Medicaid program. Medicaid brochure or publication: Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services in Medicaid and SCHIP in North Carolina source: US Dep't of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration file size: 7 pg.   languages: English "In North Carolina, low-income children may be enrolled into the Medicaid program, a SCHIP Medicaid expansion program, or a separate SCHIP program based on the child's age and their family's income." Medicaid brochure or publication: A Consumer's Guide to Getting and Keeping Health Insurance in North Carolina source:healthinsuranceinfo.net file size: 38pg.   languages: English from GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HEALTH POLICY INSTITUTE. As a resident of North Carolina, you have rights under federal and state law that will protect you when you seek to buy, keep, or switch your health insurance, even if you have a serious health condition. This guide describes your protections as a resident of North Carolina. Medicaid brochure or publication: Understanding Medicaid: A Brief Overview source:Work, Welfare and Families file size: 7 pg.   languages: English "Medicaid is an extremely complicated program created by the federal government to provide health coverage to families, people with disabilities, and the aged with low income. This report is intended to give the average person some insight into the main points of Medicaid. "

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