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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. When Mom, Dad Get Private Health Insurance Their Kids May Get Left Behind source:Oregon Health & Sciences University languages: English "02/21/08 Portland, Ore. New research finds an insurance gap exists for some parents and their children... In a newly released study it was found that when parents from low-income families succeed in pulling themselves out of poverty and gaining employment with private health insurance, their kids are sometimes left uninsured." Oregon MEDICAID FACTS source:AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS file size: 2pg. languages: English Introduction to Oregon Medicaid, with answers to questions like "What is medicaid?" and "How is Medicaid different from Medicare?" with facts pertaining to Oregon residents. Oregon Health Plan - An historical overview source:Oregon Department of Human Services file size: 35 pg. languages: English "The Oregon Health Plan (OHP) formed in response to conditions that threatened the social and economic health of the nation: namely, the rising costs of medical care and the growing number of people unable to afford such care..." source:Elder Law Answers languages: English Explains important basics about Oregon Medicaid. Topics include protections for the community spouse, transfers, income, and estate recovery. Oregon Medicaid and Medicare Nursing Homes source:The Nursing Home Project languages: English Directory of nursing homes and long term care facilities in Oregon, with Medicaid and Medicare nursing home information. Besides a state directory, there are seperate pages for the main Oregon cities- Bend Oregon Nursing Homes; Eugene Oregon Nursing Homes;Portland Oregon Nursing Homes; and Salem Oregon Nursing Homes Oregon 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: Oregon 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..." Oregon & United States State Medicaid Fact Sheets source:Kaiser Family Foundation languages: English 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 Oregon source: US Dep't of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration file size: 5 pg. languages: English "As of July 2003, 398,874 people were covered under Oregon’s Medicaid/SCHIP programs. There were 380,546 enrolled in the Medicaid program and 18,328 enrolled in the separate SCHIP program. In state fiscal year 2002, Oregon spent $1.8 billion to provide Medicaid services." A Consumer's Guide to Getting and Keeping Health Insurance in Oregon source:healthinsuranceinfo.net file size: 43pg. languages: English from GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HEALTH POLICY INSTITUTE. As a resident of Oregon, 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 Oregon . 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. " |