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North Dakota Medicaid, North Dakota Public Health Insurance Programs
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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. Guide to North Dakota Medicaid - Primary Care Provider Program source:North Dakota Department of Human Services 20pp languages: English "The basic feature of the primary care provider program is to have a single medical professional to provide your primary care..." Healthy Steps Children’s Health Insurance Plan languages: English "Healthy Steps insurance is for children who: do not have health insurance coverage; are 18 years of age or younger; do not qualify for the North Dakota Medicaid Program; live in families with qualifying incomes..." Medicaid At-a-Glance 2005 source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services file size: 12 pg. languages: English A brief explanation of the Medicaid program. Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services in Medicaid and SCHIP in North Dakota source: US Dep't of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration file size: 6 pg. languages: English "As of July 2003, 55,620 people were covered under North Dakota's Medicaid/SCHIP programs. There were about 53,500 enrolled in the Medicaid program and 2120 in the separate SCHIP program. In state fiscal year 2002, North Dakota spent $441 million to provide Medicaid services.... " North Dakota & United States State Medicaid Fact Sheets source:Kaiser Family Foundation file size: 1 pg. languages: English North Dakota Medicaid and Medicare Nursing Homes source:The Nursing Home Project languages: English Directory of nursing homes and long term care facilities in North Dakota, with Medicaid and Medicare nursing home information. Besides a state directory, there are seperate pages for the main North Dakota cities- Bismarck North Dakota Nursing Homes, and Fargo North Dakota A Consumer's Guide to Getting and Keeping Health Insurance in North Dakota source:healthinsuranceinfo.net file size: 38pg. languages: English from GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HEALTH POLICY INSTITUTE. As a resident of North Dakota, 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 Dakota. The Medicaid Program: A Brief Overview source:AARP Policy and Research file size: 4 pg. languages: English "Within broad federal guidelines, states have the flexibility to design and manage their Medicaid programs... Medicaid eligibility is limited to individuals who fall into specified categories. " NORTH DAKOTA MEDICAID FACTS source:AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS file size: 2pg. languages: English "The Medicaid program provides health insurance for over 33,000 low-income children in North Dakota. Medicaid is an indispensable health program providing health insurance coverage for part or all of the year to one in three children..." web page: North Dakota 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 Dakota 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..." |