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  • Simplified Eligibility for Children’s Medicaid in Texas:  A Status Report at Nine Months

    Report

    Simplified Eligibility for Children's Medicaid in Texas: A Status Report at Nine Months This report describes the initial success of Texas new law in removing barriers to children's Medicaid participation and provides the baseline information needed to observe and interpret how the next phase of implementation, the EPSDT mandate, will enhance or undermine the goal of broader coverage of Medicaid-eligible children in Texas. Report

  • Issues Related to Unspent S-CHIP Money

    Issue Brief

    A new policy brief discusses issues involving over $11 billion of S-CHIP funds that states have not spent. It has been proposed that states could apply to use the funds for unemployed workers in these tough economic times. What are the implications? ISSUE BRIEF Download

  • Children’s Health Insurance: 1997 Budget Reconciliation Provisions – Report

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    Children's Health Insurance: 1997 Budget Reconciliation Provisions (as of 07/14/1997) Center of Health Policy Research and The George Washington University Medical Center Current Law And StatusHouse BillSenate BillI.Status Recommendations transmitted 06/12/97 from Commerce Committee to Budget Committee. H.R. 2015 passed House 06/25/97. Recommendations transmitted 06/19/97 from Finance Cte to Budget Cte. H.R. 2015 (spending bill) and H.R. 2014 (tax bill) as passed by the Senate 06/25/97 and 06/27/97. II.General Approach No systematic approach to financing…

  • Health Coverage for Low-Income Children

    Fact Sheet

    This fact sheet, last updated in March 2001, discusses health insurance status of low-income children and reviews current programs to provide coverage to this population. FACT SHEET Download

  • CHIP Program Enrollment: June 2000

    Report

    The report reveals that the total number of children enrolled in state CHIP programs had grown to 2.3 million by June 2000, showing a steady increase in enrollment. The report is part of a larger project to track Medicaid and CHIP enrollment in all 50 states. REPORT Download

  • Federal Budget Chartbook 2001

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    A new chart book examines Fiscal Year 2002 budget proposals by President Bush and Congress, focusing on their impact on health programs. It provides both an examination of how health care programs fit into the overall U.S. budget and a review of past budget trends and future projections for government health care programs. Chartbook

  • SCHIP Enrollment in 50 States

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    This update shows that enrollment in SCHIP grew by 25,000 to 3,950,000 in 2004, reversing a four quarter decline in enrollment since June 2003, but still slightly below the program's enrollment peak. Report (.pdf)

  • Oral Health in the U.S.: Key Facts

    Fact Sheet

    This fact sheet provides data on oral health care coverage and access for children, nonelderly adults and Medicaid beneficiaries, including state-by-state data on measures such as the share of adults who have had a dental visit within the past year. Fact Sheet (.pdf)

  • Determining Income Eligibility in Children’s Health Coverage Programs: How States Use Disregards in Children’s Medicaid and SCHIP

    Issue Brief

    The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued an August 17, 2007, directive that would restrict states’ flexibility to continue to apply income disregards when determining eligibility for Medicaid and SCHIP coverage for expansions to children above 250 percent of the federal poverty level. This issue brief describes the purpose of income “disregards” (which refer to both income that is excluded and expenses that are deducted from a family’s earnings); how disregards help enable children…