Public & Private Insurance Coverage

Academic Presentations

Lessons from Local Access Initiatives: Context, Sustainability, and Replication
Dialogue implemented to understand how community initiative have developed and sustained financing to serve the uninsured. To offer new insights about the circumstances that help community initiatives survive and succeed.

Charts, Maps, and Graphs

Financial Viability of Local Systems of Care
This analysis examines the paid medical claims to determine how many of the health care dollars spent on the community residents is spent locally.

Issue Briefs

The Uninsured in Georgia - 2008
A report on the health insurance status of Georgians

Finding Health Insurance: Coverage After College
A focus on the unique perspective of a Graduate Research Assistant the issue of uninsured and students who leave school and enter the world of work.

Georgia Health Care Access Forum
A focus on the Forum of August 2003 which brought together local and state lawmakers and leaders from their communities to study the condition of Georgia’s uninsured and to rainstorm about better ways to meet their health care needs.

Expanding Health Care Access with DSH: Georgia’s Indigent Care Trust Fund
A documentation of the Georgia Health Policy Center’s review of the primary care requirement of Georgia’s Indigent Care Trust Fund (ICTF) – Georgia’s mechanism for administering federal disproportionate share hospital dollars.

“…1% of Medicaid Members Generate 23% of Expenditures…”
An argument for case management is presented which offers a strategy to reduce Medicaid expenditures without denying essential care to those in need.

Understanding and Reducing the Number of Uninsured Georgians
The more than 1.5 million Georgians who lack health insurance cost all Georgians more than $1.5 billion in cost of care each year. However, the impact of the uninsured extends beyond cost of care. It impacts the quality of life for all Georgians.

Reports

Sources of Health Insurance Coverage in Georgia 2007-2008
Tabulaions of the March 2008 Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the Current Population Survey and The 2008 Georgia Population Survey

State of Georgia
A summarization, by the Georgia Healthcare Coverage Project, of the overall state of Georgia regarding health insurance.

State Service Delivery Region 1
Region 1, the far northwestern corner of the state of Georgia, examines several topics: How many Georgians in Region 1 are uninsured?; How does employment affect insurance?; Why does coverage matter?.
State Service Delivery Region 2
Region 2, the northeastern corner of the state of Georgia, examines several topics: How many Georgians in Region 2 are uninsured?; How does employment affect insurance?; Why does coverage matter?.
State Service Delivery Region 3
Region 3, the northeastern central part of the state of Georgia, examines several topics: How many Georgians in Region 3 are uninsured?; How does employment affect insurance?; Why does coverage matter?.
State Service Delivery Region 4
Region 4, halfway up the Alabama-Georgia state border, examines several topics: How many Georgians in Region 4 are uninsured?; How does employment affect insurance?; Why does coverage matter?.
State Service Delivery Region 5
Region 5, east of Atlanta, examines several topics: How many Georgians in Region 5 are uninsured?; How does employment affect insurance?; Why does coverage matter?.
State Service Delivery Region 6
Region 6, in the heart of the state of Georgia, examines several topics: How many Georgians in Region 6 are uninsured?; How does employment affect insurance?; Why does coverage matter?.
State Service Delivery Region 7
Region 7, which surrounds Augusta midway up the border with South Carolina, examines several topics: How many Georgians in Region 7 are uninsured?; How does employment affect insurance?; Why does coverage matter?
State Service Delivery Region 8
Region 8, the far northwestern corner of the state of Georgia, examines several topics: How many Georgians in Region 8 are uninsured?; How does employment affect insurance?; Why does coverage matter?.
State Service Delivery Region 9
Region 9, which lies southeast of the center of the state of Georgia, examines several topics: How many Georgians in Region 9 are uninsured?; How does employment affect insurance?; Why does coverage matter?.
State Service Delivery Region 10
Region 10, located in the southwestern most quadrant of the state of Georgia, examines several topics: How many Georgians in Region 10 are uninsured?; How does employment affect insurance?; Why does coverage matter?.
State Service Delivery Region 11
Region 11, which borders Florida in the southeastern corner of the state, examines several topics: How many Georgians in Region 11 are uninsured?; How does employment affect insurance?; Why does coverage matter?.
State Service Delivery Region 12
Region 12, on the Georgia coast between South Carolina and Florida, examines several topics: How many Georgians in Region 12 are uninsured? How does employment affect insurance?; Why does coverage matter?

Consumer Assessment of Health Plans: Differences in Utilization and Satisfaction Among Parents of Children Enrolled in Georgia’s PeachCare, PeachCare Plus, and Medicaid Programs
A report on the satisfaction of parents and guardians of children enrolled in the PeachCare for Kids program.

Estimates of Eligibility and Enrollment For a Premium Assisted Program for Families of Children Enrolled in PeachCare for Kids
An analysis to provide policymakers in Georgia with information about the feasibility and implications of a Premium Assistance program, under which a portion of PeachCare dollars would be used to pay employee contributions for employer-sponsored health insurance.

Coverage Models 4-12-04
A consensus building event to address the issue: How to make insurance available and affordable to the high percentage of working Georgians currently not covered.

Employer Focus Groups 4-12-04
A series of discussions to better understand the barriers that a small business faces in providing insurance coverage for employees.

Employer Survey Findings
A survey showing how the characteristics of firms that offer healthcare coverage differ significantly from those that do not.

Focus Group Findings
Report summarizing key findings of focus groups assessing Georgians’ attitudes and opinions regarding the development of a plan for providing affordable insurance coverage statewide.

Pilot Planning Grant
Four community-based pilot projects for leveraging public-private partnerships to expand health care coverage among low-wage workers.

Primary Care Safety Net 10-14-03
An assessment of availability of low-cost or sliding-fee primary care services for the uninsured throughout Georgia.

Towards Access to Coverage: Stakeholder Views
An opportunity to identify gaps in health insurance coverage among Georgians, barriers to coverage, and strategies to facilitate access to affordable coverage.

Working Papers

Making Coverage for the Uninsured: The Role of Community Initiatives
An analysis of community initiatives in their efforts to bridge the growing gap between public and private health insurance coverage.