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The following are a sample of reports or studies on select states with child and family health coverage initiatives. All documents are available in PDF format unless otherwise noted. For state-specific publications by the Center for Children and Families see Publications.

All States States Moving Forward Center for Children and Families March 2008 [This is an update to May 2007 and July 2007 reports.] States Moving Toward Comprehensive Health Care Reform Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured February 2008 A Progress Report On State Health Access Reform John E. McDonough, Michael Miller, and Christine Barber, Health Affairs January 2008 California Final Report of the Evaluation of the San Mateo County Children's Health Initiative Embry Howell, et al., Urban Institute May 2008 The Impact of the Los Angeles Healthy Kids Program on Access to Care, Use of Services, and Health Status Embry Howell, Lisa Dubay, and Louise Palmer, Urban Institute January 2008 Three Independent Evaluations of Healthy Kids Programs Find Dramatic Gains in Well-Being of Children and Families Christopher Trenholm, Embry Howell, Ian Hill, and Dana Hughes, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. November 2007 Stable Coverage Benefits Healthy Kids Children Christopher Trenholm, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. June 2007 Santa Clara County Children's Health Initiative Improves Children's Health Embry Howell and Christopher Trenholm, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. March 2007 Back to Top Illinois A Race to the Top: Illinois's All Kids Initiative Teresa Coughlin and Mindy Cohen, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured August 2007 Illinois Covered Proposal Families USA May 2007 Back to Top Massachusetts On the Road to Universal Coverage: Impacts of Reform in Massachusetts at One Year Sharon Long, Health Affairs June 3, 2008 Massachusetts Health Reform Implementation: Major Progress and Future Challenges John McDonough, et al., Health Affairs June 3, 2008 Massachusetts Health Reform: Bragging Rights and Growing Pains Alliance for Health Reform May 19, 2008 Revisiting Massachusetts Health Reform: 18 Months Later Christine Barber and Michael Miller, Community Catalyst December 2007 Massachusetts Health Reform of 2006 Families USA August 2007 Massachusetts Health Reform: Employers, Lower-Wage Workers and Universal Coverage Laurie Felland, Debra Draper, and Allison Liebhaber, Center for Studying Health System Change July 2007 Setting a Standard of Affordability for Health Insurance Coverage Linda Blumberg, John Holahan, Jack Hadley, and Katharine Nordahl, Health Affairs June 2007 Affordable Health Care for All: What Does Affordable Really Mean? Christine Barber and Michael Miller, Community Catalyst April 2007 The Massachusetts Health Care Revolution: A Local Start for Universal Access Jonathan Gruber, The Hastings Center Report September/October 2006 Massachusetts Health Care Reform: A Look at the Issues John Holahan and Linda Blumberg, Health Affairs September 2006 Back to Top Maine Leading the Way? Maine's Initial Experience in Expanding Coverage through Dirigo Health Reforms: Final Report Debra Lipson, et al., Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. November 2007 Designing Maine's DirigoChoice Benefit Plan: Striving to Improve Health at an Affordable Price Jill Rosenthal and Cynthia Pernice, National Academy for State Health Policy December 2004 Dirigo Health Reform Act: Addressing Health Care Costs, Quality, and Access in Maine Jill Rosenthal and Cynthia Pernice, National Academy for State Health Policy June 2004 Back to Top Pennsylvania Pennsylvania's 2007 Health Care Proposal: Prescription for Pennsylvania Families USA July 2007 Presentation - Cover All Kids: Health Insurance for All Children: Pennsylvania's Success Story - How Can it Help Your State? Alisa Simon, Philadelphia Citizens for Children and Youth January 2007 Back to Top Vermont Vermont Health Care Reform Plan Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured December 2007 Understanding Health Reform in Vermont Community Catalyst December 2006 Vermont's Health Reform Laws Families USA December 2006 Back to Top Wisconsin Providing Health Coverage for All Kids in Wisconsin: The New BadgerCare Plus Law Jon Peacock, Wisconsin Council on Children and Families November 2007 Wisconsin's 2007 Health Care Proposal: BadgerCare Plus Families USA July 2007 Back to Top

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