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New Resources on Children and Family Health Coverage
The Foundation's Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured released several new resources on health coverage for children and families, including a new state health coverage initiative tracker.

Diane Rowland Testifies Before Congress on Health Care Affordability and the Uninsured
Diane Rowland, executive vice president of the Foundation, testified before the Health Subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means about decreases in the availability, affordability and scope of health insurance coverage.

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Medicaid's Role in Family Planning -- October 2007
The Alan Guttmacher Institute and the Kaiser Family Foundation have updated this issue brief to provide an overview and analysis of the important role that Medicaid plays in financing family planning services to low-income women across the nation.

NPR/Kaiser/Harvard Survey: Public Views on SCHIP Reauthorization -- October 2007
This October 2007 survey conducted jointly by NPR, the Kaiser Family Foundation, and the Harvard School of Public Health examines the public’s views and opinions of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and the pending legislation surrounding its reauthorization.

Medicaid Benefits: Online Database -- August 2007
This updated interactive database provides information on health services provided by each state's Medicaid program. Search the database by state or benefit and compare benefit packages from 2003, 2004 and 2006.

Spotlight on Uninsured Parents: How a Lack of Coverage Affects Parents and Their Families -- June 2007
A new brief spotlights how being uninsured affects not just a parent's health, but also the well-being of the entire family.

Resources on Children and Family Health Coverage -- May 2007
The Foundation's Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured released several new resources on health coverage for children and families, including a new state health coverage initiative tracker, at a policy briefing on state coverage trends.

Enrolling Children in Medicaid and SCHIP: Insights From Focus Groups With Low-Income Parents -- May 2007

This focus group report explores the perceptions, motivations and experiences of low-income parents enrolling their children in Medicaid and SCHIP.

Family Coverage Under SCHIP Waivers -- May 2007

This paper examines the 11 states that provide parental coverage through their SCHIP programs via a federal waiver.

Health Coverage for Low-Income Parents -- February 2007

The fact sheet summarizes the health coverage of low-income parents, including recent trends, and discusses the current policy challenges related to expanding care for this population.

Aging Out of Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT): Issues for Young Adults with Disabilities -- January 2007

This issue brief discusses the challenges and implications for young people with disabilities when they become adults and lose their Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) benefits, and how recent changes to the Deficit Reduction Act give states an opportunity to increase the availability of services that allow young, disabled adults to lead as normal a life as possible as they move into adulthood.

New Publications Examine SCHIP Experience; Trends in Access to Medicaid and SCHIP Coverage -- January 2007

New reports examine the SCHIP experience and show one-third of states increased access to health coverage in 2006.

The Alan Guttmacher Institute and the Kaiser Family Foundation have updated this issue brief to provide an overview and analysis of the important role that Medicaid plays in financing family planning services to low-income women across the nation.

This October 2007 survey conducted jointly by NPR, the Kaiser Family Foundation, and the Harvard School of Public Health examines the public’s views and opinions of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and the pending legislation surrounding its reauthorization.

This updated interactive database provides information on health services provided by each state's Medicaid program. Search the database by state or benefit and compare benefit packages from 2003, 2004 and 2006.

A new brief spotlights how being uninsured affects not just a parent's health, but also the well-being of the entire family.

The Foundation's Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured released several new resources on health coverage for children and families, including a new state health coverage initiative tracker, at a policy briefing on state coverage trends.

This focus group report explores the perceptions, motivations and experiences of low-income parents enrolling their children in Medicaid and SCHIP.

This paper examines the 11 states that provide parental coverage through their SCHIP programs via a federal waiver.

The fact sheet summarizes the health coverage of low-income parents, including recent trends, and discusses the current policy challenges related to expanding care for this population.

This issue brief discusses the challenges and implications for young people with disabilities when they become adults and lose their Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) benefits, and how recent changes to the Deficit Reduction Act give states an opportunity to increase the availability of services that allow young, disabled adults to lead as normal a life as possible as they move into adulthood.

New reports examine the SCHIP experience and show one-third of states increased access to health coverage in 2006.

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Medicaid/SCHIP: Low-Income Families

Although the children in low-income families are generally eligible for Medicaid or SCHIP, the vast majority of parents in these families do not qualify for publicly-subsidized coverage unless they have income far below the poverty line and minimal assets. Since these parents tend to work in low-wage jobs that often do not offer health insurance coverage, they are at high risk of being uninsured – close to one third of parents in families with income below 200 percent of the poverty line are uninsured. When low-income working parents lack coverage, they are more likely to go without needed care or to incur catastrophically high medical bills. A growing body of research also indicates the children of parents without health insurance are more likely themselves to be uninsured and to lack access to care. One particularly vulnerable group of low-income families is those in which the parents have recently left welfare for employment. Although these families generally are eligible to receive some transitional health care coverage through Medicaid after leaving welfare, they often miss out on this coverage due to challenging enrollment procedures and end up uninsured.