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State Children's Health Insurance Program Summary November 1997 Nearly 10 million children are uninsured, often resulting in difficulties in obtaining needed health care. To expand coverage to low-income uninsured children, Congress enacted the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) as part of the Balanced Budget Act (BBA) of 1997 (P.L. 105-33).
Many Working Families Struggle To Get Needed Care And Pay Medical Bills Three-Quarters of the Currently or Recently Uninsured Are in Working Families Nearly Half of Uninsured Adults in Working Families Have Access or Bill Problems Embargoed for release until: 10:00
The availability of employer-sponsored retiree health benefits from large companies has declined since 1991, according to a new study conducted for the Kaiser Family Foundation by Hewitt Associates LLC.
This Fact Sheet summarizes eligibility, benefits and cost-sharing, and financing rules of the State Children's Health Insurance Program as well as other child-related Medicaid provisions from the Balanced Budget Act of 1997.
National Perspectives on Medicaid Managed Care Report: National Perspectives on Medicaid Managed Care…
11. Implications For Safety Net Providers Medicaid's transition from fee-for-service to managed care has enormous implications for safety net providers - those hospitals and clinics that deliver basic health care to large numbers of the uninsured.
This report describes the new legal and policy framework within which the shift of state Medicaid programs from fee-for-service to managed care will take place over the next few years.
In 1995, 17.5 million children -- one-quarter of all children under age 18 -- had Medicaid coverage for health care services.
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Medicaid Facts: Medicaid's Role for Children This fact sheet provides an overview of children's eligibility and coverage under Medicaid, summarizes Mediciad benefits and expenditures for children, and highlights key issues facing the program as it continues to serve children.
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