Health Policy Update

Every other week, The Weekly highlights recent research on health care finance, access to care and other topics. This edition of the Health Policy Update includes research on:

• Efforts to maintain children's enrollment in Medicaid or the State Children's Health Insurance Program;
• The effect of SCHIP on access to dental care;
• An assessment of the breadth of palliative care services available at hospices; and
• The results of cost-sharing efforts for diabetes patients' self-monitoring.