Children’s Health Coverage: Medicaid, CHIP, and Next Steps
The Alliance for Health Reform and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation co-sponsored this briefing to examine the factors which influence children's coverage.
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Making Sense of Recent Estimates of Eligible but Uninsured Children
Issue BriefAs Congress reauthorizes the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), accurate estimates of the number of children who are eligible for Medicaid and SCHIP but remain uninsured are critical for policy and budget development.
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Next Steps in Covering Uninsured Children: Findings from the Kaiser Survey of Children’s Health Coverage
Issue BriefThis issue brief provides key findings from the Kaiser Survey of Children's Health Coverage, including that many low- and middle-income working families with an uninsured child do not have access to employer-sponsored health insurance.
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Children and Health Care Reform: Assuring Coverage That Meets Their Health Care Needs
Issue BriefThis issue brief examines the health care needs and health costs of children and analyzes the specific health care needs of two children in particular, including one with serious health challenges.
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Choices Under the New State Child Health Insurance Program: What Factors Shape Cost and Coverage? – Policy Brief
Issue BriefChoices Under The New State Child Health Insurance Program: What Factors Shape Cost And Coverage? January 1998 The State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), enacted as part of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, provides over $20 billion in federal funds over five years to cover low-income uninsured children.
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CHIP TIPS: Children’s Oral Health Benefits
Issue BriefThis brief examines a new requirement under the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 that state CHIP programs cover comprehensive dental benefits. The reauthorization law also allows states with separate CHIP programs to offer a dental-only plan for children who have other health insurance but lack adequate dental benefits.
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Aging Out of Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT): Issues for Young Adults with Disabilities
Issue BriefEarly and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) coverage offered through the Medicaid program has played an important and unique role for low-income children with disabilities, and maintaining this support is a key concern.
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CHIP TIPS: New Federal Funding Available to Cover Immigrant Children and Pregnant Women
Issue BriefThis brief examines a new option under the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 that allows states to receive federal funds for providing Medicaid and CHIP coverage to lawfully residing immigrant children and pregnant women regardless of when they entered the country.
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E-Health Snapshot: Harnessing Technology To Improve Medicaid and SCHIP Enrollment and Retention Practices
ReportInformation technology holds considerable promise for improving outreach to families with uninsured children, getting them enrolled in Medicaid and SCHIP and keeping them covered. This report documents the promising practices underway across the country to use technology to make enrollment and renewal more efficient, more responsive to family needs and more accountable to the public.
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Medicaid Eligibility for Individuals with Disabilities
Issue BriefThis issue paper updates the July 1999 report and provides a general overview of federal Medicaid eligibility policy for the low-income disabled population.