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HELPFUL INFORMATION
| Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
| http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ |
| Comprehensive info on Medicare & Medicaid services and eligibility. |
| Kaiser Family Foundation |
| http://www.kff.org/ |
| The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation is a non-profit, private operating foundation focusing on the major health care issues facing the nation. The Foundation is an independent voice and source of facts and analysis for policymakers, the media, the health care community, and the general public. |
| Medicaid At A Glance |
| File: MedicaidProgram.pdf |
| Detailed information about Medicaid from the Department of Medical Assistance Services. |
| Virginia Insurance Counseling and Assistance Program |
| http://www.vda.virginia.gov/vicap2.asp |
| Individual insurance counseling assistance is available to Virginia seniors through the Virginia Insurance Counseling and Assistance Program (VICAP). VICAP counselors at your local Area Agency on Aging (AAA) can help you resolve claims or billing problems. They can also assist you with filing for benefits, and sorting through complicated statements and notices. Trained VICAP counselors in communities across the state provide confidential assistance to individuals in their area free of charge. |
| 2-1-1 VIRGINIA |
| http://www3.irissoft.com/rich/advanced.asp |
| 2-1-1 VIRGINIA connects people with free information on available community services. Dial 2-1-1 and a trained professional will listen to your situation and suggest sources of help using one of the largest databases of health and human services in Virginia. |
| Virginia Rural Health Resource Center |
| http://www.vrhrc.org/ |
| VRHRC provides technical assistance, facilitates rural health research and collaborates with various public and private organizations to identify and address rural health issues in the Commonwealth, thus ensuring access to quality health care for all rural Virginians. |
| Virginia Easy Access |
| http://www.easyaccess.virginia.gov |
| Virginia Easy Access provides informationfor seniors and adults with disabilities and the providers who support them. |
IN DEPTH RESEARCH
| Filling an Urgent Need: Improving Children's Access to Dental Care in Medicaid and SCHIP |
| http://www.kff.org/medicaid/upload/7792.pdf |
| This comprehensive report from the Kaiser Family Foundation identifies a wide assortment of effective actions that states can take related to each of several key dimensions of children’s access to oral health care in Medicaid and SCHIP. In addition, the report articulates larger, systemic barriers to access and care that must ultimately be tackled, and considers how Medicaid and SCHIP might contribute. |
| Insuremorevirginians.net |
| www.insuremorevirginians.net |
| InsureMoreVirginians.net believes knowledge is power when it comes to getting health coverage. Its mission is to expand health coverage through education. |
| 2007 study on access to care by Medicaid recipients |
| http://www.wm.edu/publicpolicy/schroederhome.php |
| Residents in the Williamsburg area who are covered by Medicaid are nearly as likely as those without health insurance to lack access to a doctor, according to a 2007 study by the College of William and Mary's Schroeder Center for Healthcare Policy. |
| Health Insurance and Access to Health Care – The Evidence |
| http://www.kaiseredu.org/tutorials/hcaccess/player.html |
| In this narrated slide tutorial, Cathy Hoffman, ScD, MN, senior researcher of the Foundation’s Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, reviews the body of evidence on the health consequences of being uninsured. She discusses the impact of health insurance on the use of and access to health care, such as primary and preventive care, as well as the treatment for and survival of cancer and heart attacks. |
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