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Health Insurance for Children

This article focuses on efforts to provide publicly funded health insurance to low-income children in the United States through Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program SCHIP. Public health insurance coverage for children has evolved into a national policy priority. Together, these programs have made substantial progress in reducing...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Benefits, Insurance, payroll solutions, Vertical industries, Princeton University, health insurance, health care, Medicaid, public health, knowledge, strategy

White papers 2003-04-21

Princeton University Whitepaper: Premium Assistance

As the examples discussed in this article suggest, premium assistance toward employer-based family coverage could provide a sensible coverage source for many low-income children, while helping assure that State Children's Health Insurance Program SCHIP coverage complements the employer coverage system for most non-poor children. Nonetheless, this approach presents challenges. Early...

Tags: Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Princeton University, health insurance, health care

White papers 2003-04-21

Balancing Efficiency and Equity in the Design of Coverage Expansions for Children

An important challenge in designing policy initiatives to address the problem of uninsured children is that the objectives implicit in the programs can conflict. These conflicts necessitate prioritizing multiple objectives and identifying acceptable tradeoffs in order to achieve effective policy design that reflects the nation's social priorities. This article provides...

Tags: Benefits, Insurance, HEALTHCARE, Vertical industries, payroll solutions, Princeton University, tradeoff, health insurance, health care, equity

White papers 2003-04-21

Health Insurance for Children: Analysis and Recommendations

This article frames some of the issues and draws on the most current research to point to solutions to persistent problems. The article begins by discussing the importance of health insurance for children's access to health care and describes the progress that has been made in providing coverage for children....

Tags: Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Vertical industries, Insurance, payroll solutions, Princeton University, health insurance, health care, public health, analysis, strategy

White papers 2003-04-21

Princeton University White Paper: Statement of Purpose

This article focuses on efforts to provide publicly funded health insurance to low-income children in the United States through Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program SCHIP. The article summarizes current knowledge and research about which children are uninsured and why, and describe the innovative strategies states have used...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Benefits, Insurance, payroll solutions, Vertical industries, Princeton University, health insurance, Medicaid, health care, knowledge

White papers 2003-04-21

Express Lane Eligibility

This article describes some American states' creative strategies to increase children's enrollment in health insurance by connecting Medicaid and SCHIP with other public programs for low-income children and families. These strategies, referred to as "express lane eligibility" ELE, have the potential to significantly increase the number of low-income children with...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Benefits, Insurance, payroll solutions, Vertical industries, Princeton University, eligibility, health insurance, Medicaid, health care, strategy

White papers 2003-04-21

The Unique Health Care Needs of Adolescents

This article describes the particular health care needs of adolescents and explores the extent to which public health insurance programs are meeting those needs. It includes an overview of the coverage available to adolescents through Medicaid and SCHIP, how that coverage has evolved, the importance of providing comprehensive benefits to...

Tags: Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, Benefits, Princeton University, health care, Medicaid, public health, benefit, performance

White papers 2003-04-21

Additional Resources

Health policy may define U.S. as a nation

In his address at the National Academy of Social Insurance in January, Dr. Uwe Reinhardt, a top health-care policy expert, related our approach to health insurance to who we are as a nation and people. Reinhardt, James Madison professor of political economy at Princeton University, is aggravated...

Articles 2008-06-14

Hospitals in N.J. said to be in crisis

New Jersey's hospitals are doing worse financially than their counterparts across the nation, even though patients they serve are richer than typical Americans and just as well insured, a state commission reported yesterday. Princeton University economist Uwe Reinhardt said the state's failure to pay its share of health costs is...

Articles 2008-01-25

Eastern farms have native-bee insurance

Watermelon fans can stop biting their nails, at least around the Delaware Valley region. Even if the beleaguered honeybees disappear, native bees should be able to buzz in and take care of most of the crop by themselves, says a new study. It's a compelling example of biodiversity...

Articles 2007-11-24

3 Americans share Nobel

WASHINGTON -- Three U.S. professors won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science on Monday for their work studying markets and the optimal way to bring together buyers and sellers, research that has everyday applications for everything from health insurance pricing to corporate pay incentives to auction formats. ...

Articles 2007-10-16

Munich Re America Hosts 2007 Casualty Claims Seminar at the University of Wisconsin to Address Projected Shortage of Experienced Claims Adjusters

PRINCETON, N.J. -- A total of 62 claims adjusters, representing 26 different insurance companies, attended the 2007 Casualty Claims Seminar hosted by Munich Reinsurance America, Inc. The seminar, prepared and presented by Munich Re America in conjunction with The University of Wisconsin - Madison School of Business and the New...

Articles 2007-07-23

For All of These Rights: Business, Labor, and the Shaping of America's Private-Public Welfare State.(Book review)

For All of These Rights: Business, Labor, and the Shaping of America's Private-Public Welfare State By Jennifer Klein Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2006. Pp. xi, 354. $22.95 paperback. In For All of These Rights, Jennifer Klein offers an informative narrative of the...

Articles 2007-06-22

Michael R. Hassan Joins Butler Rubin as a Partner

CHICAGO -- Butler Rubin Saltarelli & Boyd LLP has announced that Michael R. Hassan has joined the firm as a partner. For more than 30 years, Mr. Hassan practiced law with Lord, Bissell & Brook. At Butler Rubin, Mr. Hassan will be part of the business litigation group...

Articles 2007-06-14

Neighbors Share Jobless Fund Woes

Here's some possibly comforting news: New Jersey isn't the only state with a dwindling unemployment insurance fund. New York's fund is in debt, according to a study last winter by the Policy Research Institute for the Region, which was established by Princeton University and its Wood row Wilson School of...

Articles 2007-05-14

Robert Schiffner, CFO of Campbell's Soup

HITTING THE BOOKS: B.A., Princeton University; M.B.A., Rutgers University FIRST JOB IN A SUIT: Prudential Insurance in Newark, N.J. FAVORITE JOB: Vice president of finance planning and trade marketing at Nabisco Inc. (2 years). "I saw how the business operates from a different perspective. Knowing how...

Articles 2006-08-01

Convergent Acquisitions & Development, Inc. Board Elects Nicolas Sabardin as President

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Convergent Acquisitions & Development, Inc.'s Board of Directors has announced that Nicolas "Nick" Sabardin, B.S., MBA, was elected President of the company effective March 15, 2006. The accomplished Sabardin graduated from the prestigious Sorbonne University in Paris, France, before spending several years as a business...

Articles 2006-05-24

Quantitative Risk Management

McNeil, Alexander J., Frey, Riidiger, and Embrechts, Paul, 2005, Quantitative Risk Management, Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford, 608 pages, $79.50, ISBN 0-691-12255-5. Enterprise risk management has become a hot annual symposium event for actuaries, the fourth held in 2006 (www.ermsymposium.org). Quantitative Risk Management QRM, well written and encyclopedic,...

Articles 2006-04-01

$101-million gift to Princeton

Art collector, philanthropist and automobile insurance maven Peter B. Lewis recently gave $101 million to his alma mater, Princeton University. The funds will be used to develop the school's creative and performing arts curriculum and to launch an artist-in-residence program. The gift will also support the construction of a new...

Articles 2006-03-01

Progressive chairman wins award for leadership.

Byline: RUPAL PAREKH NEW YORK-From a small family-owned firm to the nation's third-largest automobile insurer, Progressive Corp. has thrived under the leadership of Peter B. Lewis for nearly 40 years. Now chairman of Cleveland-based Progressive, Mr. Lewis began his career working...

Articles 2006-01-16