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Managed Care and

Low-Income Populations:

Four Years’ Experience

with Tenncare

Authors:

Anna Aizer

Marsha Gold

Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

and

Cathy Schoen

The Commonwealth Fund

Kaiser/Commonwealth

Low-Income Coverage

and Access Project

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KAISER/COMMONWEALTH LOW-INCOME COVERAGE AND ACCESS PROJECT

The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and The Commonwealth Fund are jointly sponsoring The Low-Income Coverage and Access Project to examine how changes in the Medicaid programand the movement toward managed care are affecting health insurance coverage and access to carefor the low-income population. This large-scale project, initiated in 1994, has examined the impactof changes in eight states: California, Florida, Maryland, Minnesota, New York, Oregon, Tennessee,and Texas. Information is being collected through case studies, surveys and focus groups to assesschanges in health insurance coverage and access to care from the perspectives of numerous keystakeholders — consumers, state officials, managed care plans, and providers.

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