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Healthcare Coverage & Access

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ASPE Issue Brief

Trends in Medicaid and CHIP Telehealth Part III: Telehealth Utilization Trends Among Child Enrollees, 2019-2021

This report examines national trends in telehealth service delivery to enrollees ages 0-18 years from 2019 to 2021, by enrollee characteristics such as age group and race and ethnicity. Services delivered via telehealth to pediatric Medicaid and CHIP enrollees rapidly expanded with the onset of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) in 2020 and remained higher than pre-PHE levels in 2021.
ASPE Issue Brief

Postpartum Health Care Use in Medicaid During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: Implications for Extending Postpartum Coverage

This Issue Brief provides a descriptive analysis of postpartum health care use among the Medicaid population before and during the PHE, when the continuous enrollment condition was in effect.
ASPE Issue Brief

Health Insurance Coverage and Healthcare Access from 2021-2024

This Issue Brief investigates how health insurance coverage, as well as healthcare access and affordability, has changed in recent years, with an emphasis on policies implemented from 2021 to 2024. Over 300 million Americans now have health insurance coverage. The U.S. uninsured rate has fallen significantly over the past four years.
Report

Assessing the Feasibility of Creating a National Behavioral Health Workforce Database

The U.S. behavioral health (BH) workforce faces significant shortages and distribution disparities, hindering access to quality care and worsening health outcomes. A comprehensive, centralized database of BH providers is vital for advancing patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR), comparative effectiveness research (CER), and evidence-based policymaking.
ASPE Issue Brief

An Examination of the Return on Investment of Generic Injectable Prescription Drugs

The generic injectable drug market has recently experienced numerous shortages, which impose substantial public health costs. One potential cause of these shortages is low profitability of generic injectables. This brief examines the profitability of recently launched generic injectables.
ASPE Issue Brief

Trends in Medicaid and CHIP Telehealth, 2019-2021 Part II: Medicaid and CHIP Telehealth Utilization Trends by Enrollee and Provider Rurality

During the pandemic period, telehealth utilization increased among both urban and rural enrollees in Medicaid, with urban enrollees sustaining greater gains in telehealth utilization at the end of 2021. This Issue Brief is part of a series of ASPE Issue Briefs examining changes in Medicaid utilization of services delivered via telehealth by enrollee and provider characteristics.
ASPE Data Point

Evaluating Medicaid Strategies to Streamline Ex Parte Renewals

National estimates indicate that streamlined renewal options for Medicaid beneficiaries with incomes below 100 percent of the federal poverty level and without an ex parte income data source would provide timely and accurate eligibility determinations.
Database, Dataset

State and Local Estimates of the Uninsured Population in the U.S. Using the Census Bureau’s 2023 American Community Survey

In order to support state and local outreach efforts, ASPE has developed state, county, and local estimates of the number of U.S. residents without health insurance and their demographic characteristics, using the most recent Census data available from the 2023 American Community Survey (ACS).
ASPE Issue Brief

Marketplace Coverage of Small Business Owners and Self-Employed Workers

The Affordable Care Act Marketplace has led to substantial coverage gains among small business owners and self-employed individuals. The enhanced premium tax credits introduced by the American Rescue Plan and the Inflation Reduction Act have contributed to further increases in Marketplace coverage among small business owners and self-employed workers.  
Report

Access to Health Care in Rural America: Current Trends and Key Challenges

This research report describes patterns in insurance coverage and uninsurance rates in rural and urban areas, reviews non-financial challenges in accessing care faced by many rural residents, and describes disparities in health outcomes between urban and rural areas.