The 1998 Maine Health Insurance Coverage Survey conducted by Mathematica for the University of Southern Maine and Maine Medicaid Agency:

• Surveyed 2,500 households with children through phone interviews (75 percent response rate).
• Compared survey results to State Medicaid enrollment files.

  • One-third of 450 households reporting Medicaid coverage could not be linked to State files.
  • Nearly 20 percent of those enrolled in Medicaid told surveyors they were not.

Urban Institute "Assessing the New Federalism" Survey of 13 States (AL, CA, CO, FL, MA, MI, MN, MS, NJ, NY, TX, WA, WI):

• Round one conducted in 1997 (pre-SCHIP). Additional rounds scheduled to be completed in 1999 and 2001.
• Oversamples lower-income families with children (30 percent of 50,000 households surveyed).
• Subsequent rounds will ask several SCHIP-specific questions.

Community Tracking Study Survey:

• Focuses on communities rather than States: 20,000 households in 60 communities nationwide will be included with oversampling of 12 high-intensity sites.
• Pre- and post-SCHIP surveys of insurance coverage will be conducted (round one in 1996-97 and a subsequent round in 1998-99).

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