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-- Health Coverage for Children and Families in Medicaid and SCHIP: State Efforts Face New Hurdles,

-- Current Issues in Medicaid: A Mid - FY 2008 Update Based on a Discussion with Medicaid Directors,

-- SCHIP Enrollment in June 2007: An Update on Current Enrollment and SCHIP Policy Directions,

-- Medicaid Enrollment in 50 States: December 2006 Data Update, and

-- State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP): Reauthorization History.

They can all be found at http://www.kff.org/medicaid/kcmu012808pkg.cfm along with some key publications that explain the impact of federal fiscal relief for Medicaid in the last recession.

The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured provides information and analysis on health care coverage and access for the low-income population, with a special focus on Medicaid's role and coverage of the uninsured. Begun in 1991 and based in the Kaiser Family Foundation's Washington, DC office, the Commission is the largest operating program of the Foundation. The Commission's work is conducted by Foundation staff under the guidance of a bipartisan group of national leaders and experts in health care and public policy. The Kaiser Family Foundation is a non-profit, private operating foundation dedicated to providing information and analysis on health care issues to policymakers, the media, the health care community, and the general public. The Foundation is not associated with Kaiser Permanente or Kaiser Industries.