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Medicaid brochure or publication: 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. 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 Medicaide program. Medicaid brochure or publication: 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..." web page: Key Medicaid Information for Oregon source:Elder Law Answers languages: English Explains important basics about Oregon Medicaid. Topics include protections for the community spouse, transfers, income, and estate recovery. web page: 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 web page: Medicaid Eligibility source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services languages: English Many groups of people are covered by Medicaid. Even within these groups, though, certain requirements must be met. These may include your age, whether you are pregnant, disabled, blind, or aged; your income and resources (like bank accounts, real property, or other items that can be sold for cash); and whether you are a U.S. citizen or a lawfully admitted immigrant. The rules for counting your income and resources vary from state to state and from group to group. There are special rules for those who live in nursing homes and for disabled children living at home. web page: 2011 HHS Poverty Guidelines source: Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services languages: English from the web page: "...The poverty thresholds are the original version of the federal poverty measure... The poverty guidelines are the other version of the federal poverty measure. web page: 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..." brochure or publication: Women and Medicaid in Oregon source:National Women's Law Center 3 pages; languages: English, Spanish from the brochure or publication: " More than one in ten women in Louisiana receive health care coverage through Medicaid... Medicaid ensures that women in Louisiana have access to a comprehensive set of important health care services..." web page: Oregon & United States State Medicaid Fact Sheets source:Kaiser Family Foundation languages: English Medicaid brochure or publication: 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." Medicaid brochure or publication: A Consumer's Guide to Getting and Keeping Health Insurance in Oregon: Medicaid source:healthinsuranceinfo.net file size: 43pg. languages: English from GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HEALTH POLICY INSTITUTE. "In Oregon you may be eligible for Medicaid if you are an infant, a child, pregnant, or a parent of a child and your family income meets the Medicaid income standards. " |