3.2: Health Care Safety Net
Strengthen and expand the health care safety net Other Information:
How We Will Accomplish Our Objective Medicaid/SCHIP: - Support legislative reform of the Medicaid program to allow states
increased flexibility to design more effective ways to provide health coverage to children and families under the Medicaid
and SCHIP programs. - Provide technical assistance to states and other public agencies to increase enrollment of SCHIP, Medicaid,
and Qualified Medicare Beneficiary/Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiary eligible individuals. - Provide transitional
medical assistance for welfare to work participants. - Monitor trends in children’s access to health services and inform policymakers
about the health care received by children who are largely uninsured or underinsured. Underserved Rural and Urban Areas: -
Support effective telemedicine and distance learning programs to extend stateof- the-art health care and information to the
Nation’s most isolated communities. - Provide Rural Health Outreach Grants to help establish new partnerships between health
organizations and schools, churches, faith-based organizations, emergency medical services providers, private practitioners,
social service organizations, and other groups, to improve the delivery of clinical care. - Support nursing education programs
and promote practice and retention in underserved rural and urban areas. - Enhance flexibility in provision of health care
in rural areas by helping communities tailor health care services to the needs of their communities. - Provide assistance
for to doctors, nurses, emergency medical technicians, and other health professionals who serve in areas lacking adequate
access to care. - Modernize the Consolidated Health Center and National Health Service Corps programs. - Ensure that resource
allocation methodologies direct resources to the underserved areas and populations most in need of services. - Conduct research
on where and how uninsured and underinsured people receive health care, as well as research on primary care services, to identify
difficulties in access, quality, and outcomes, and to develop better strategies to improve the efficacy of these services.
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