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Care and Coverage of the Nation's Children: A Resource Page
Coverage of children is a key element of the debate over reforming the U.S. health care system. The Foundation has several resources that explain the state of children's health and health care coverage, including the roles of Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program.

Oral Health Coverage and Care For Low-Income Children: The Role of Medicaid and CHIP
This updated policy brief provides an overview of oral health care access and coverage for low-income children. Medicaid and CHIP are major sources of oral health and dental coverage for millions of low-income children, but barriers that leave many children without adequate oral health and dental care remain.

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Building an Express Lane Eligibility Initiative: A Roadmap of Key Decisions for States -- January 2010
The Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA) includes new Express Lane Eligibility provisions that provide states new options to reach and enroll eligible but uninsured low-income children into Medicaid and CHIP by relying on eligibility findings from other need-based programs, such as Head Start or the National School Lunch Program. This brief, the third in a series called Putting Children on the Express Lane to Health Insurance, brief provides an overview of key decisions a state will need to address in designing an ELE initiative.

Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program Provisions in Health Reform Bills: Affordable Health Care for America Act & The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act – January 2010 -- January 2010
This brief compares the Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program provisions in the House health reform legislation, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, as passed by the full House on Nov. 7, 2009, with the Senate’s reform legislation, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as passed on Dec. 24, 2009.

Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Access to Care Among Children: How Does Medicaid do in Closing the Gaps? -- December 2009
This report assesses how disparities in access to care in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program compare with disparities among privately insured and uninsured children.

Briefing - A Foundation for Health Reform: Findings of An Annual 50-State Survey of Eligibility Rules, Enrollment and Renewal Procedures and Cost-Sharing Practices in Medicaid and CHIP for Children and Parents During 2009 -- December 2009
This package of resources presents findings of an annual 50-state survey of Medicaid and CHIP eligibility and enrollment policies, as well as other papers on states' efforts to cover children and low-income adults.

Coverage of Low-Income Children: Key Issues to Consider in Health Reform -- December 2009
This issue brief examines several key issues to consider about low-income children's coverage under health reform. It will be important to consider how to build upon Medicaid and CHIP, develop effective relationships and transitions between public and private coverage, and assure that low-income children receive coverage that meets the full range of their health needs. Adequately planning and funding for the transition to reform will be key to preventing any disruptions in children's coverage or care.

Protecting Children During the Recession: Spotlight on State Health Coverage Efforts -- December 2009

This issue brief highlights the experience of seven states (Alabama, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Texas and Vermont) in protecting children's health coverage during the beginning of the recession. In these seven states alone, 500,000 children gained coverage in 2008, representing nearly two-thirds of the national decline in uninsured children.

A Foundation for Health Reform: Findings of An Annual 50-State Survey of Eligibility Rules, Enrollment and Renewal Procedures and Cost-Sharing Practices in Medicaid and CHIP for Children and Parents During 2009 -- December 2009

Findings of an annual 50-state survey of Medicaid and CHIP eligibility and enrollment policies, as well as other papers on states' efforts to cover children and low-income adults.

State Medicaid Coverage of Perinatal Services: Summary of State Survey Findings -- November 2009
This report examines state Medicaid program policies regarding coverage of pregnancy-related services. It details state-level Medicaid eligibility and enrollment policies for pregnant women, as well as scope of coverage for prenatal and screening services, delivery and post-partum care, educational classes and support services.

Putting Children on the Express Lane to Health Insurance: Streamlining Enrollment and Renewal of Children in Medicaid and CHIP Through Express Lane Eligibility -- October 2009

Putting Children on the Express Lane to Health Insurance: Streamlining Enrollment and Renewal of Children in Medicaid and CHIP Through Express Lane Eligibility

Health Coverage of Children: The Role of Medicaid and CHIP -- October 2009

This fact sheet summarizes the latest coverage data on the nation's children and examines the key role played by two public health coverage programs, Medicaid and CHIP.

The Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA) includes new Express Lane Eligibility provisions that provide states new options to reach and enroll eligible but uninsured low-income children into Medicaid and CHIP by relying on eligibility findings from other need-based programs, such as Head Start or the National School Lunch Program. This brief, the third in a series called Putting Children on the Express Lane to Health Insurance, brief provides an overview of key decisions a state will need to address in designing an ELE initiative.

This brief compares the Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program provisions in the House health reform legislation, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, as passed by the full House on Nov. 7, 2009, with the Senate’s reform legislation, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as passed on Dec. 24, 2009.

This report assesses how disparities in access to care in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program compare with disparities among privately insured and uninsured children.

This package of resources presents findings of an annual 50-state survey of Medicaid and CHIP eligibility and enrollment policies, as well as other papers on states' efforts to cover children and low-income adults.

This issue brief examines several key issues to consider about low-income children's coverage under health reform. It will be important to consider how to build upon Medicaid and CHIP, develop effective relationships and transitions between public and private coverage, and assure that low-income children receive coverage that meets the full range of their health needs. Adequately planning and funding for the transition to reform will be key to preventing any disruptions in children's coverage or care.

Findings of an annual 50-state survey of Medicaid and CHIP eligibility and enrollment policies, as well as other papers on states' efforts to cover children and low-income adults.

This report examines state Medicaid program policies regarding coverage of pregnancy-related services. It details state-level Medicaid eligibility and enrollment policies for pregnant women, as well as scope of coverage for prenatal and screening services, delivery and post-partum care, educational classes and support services.

Putting Children on the Express Lane to Health Insurance: Streamlining Enrollment and Renewal of Children in Medicaid and CHIP Through Express Lane Eligibility

This fact sheet summarizes the latest coverage data on the nation's children and examines the key role played by two public health coverage programs, Medicaid and CHIP.

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Medicaid/SCHIP: Children

Whether children are publicly or private insured, having coverage has been shown to increase their access to care, and ultimately their health. More than two in five children reside in low-income families where they often lack access to employer-based coverage. For these children, the Medicaid and SCHIP programs play a central role in providing coverage. In fiscal year 2002, the Medicaid program covered more than 25 million children and SCHIP covered more than five million. Together, these two publicly-subsidized health insurance programs provide coverage to close to half of all low-income children in the United States. During the recent economic downturn, the health insurance coverage rates of children remained relatively steady due in large part to the stabilizing effect of public programs even as their parents and other adults experienced increases in their uninsured rates.