The Impact of Medicaid and SCHIP on Low-Income Children’s Health
This policy brief reviews the literature and examines the impact of Medicaid and SCHIP on coverage, access to care and health for the nation's low-income children. Issue Brief (.
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Family Coverage Under SCHIP Waivers
Issue BriefCurrently, eleven states cover parents with SCHIP funds via a federal waiver. This paper examines these programs and considers them within the context of the states' efforts to cover children. Issue Brief (.
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Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007 (CHIPRA): The revised CHIPRA Bill (H.R. 3963) Compared to the Original Bill (H.R. 976)
Issue BriefChildren’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007 (CHIPRA): The revised CHIPRA Bill (H.R. 3963) Compared to the Original Bill (H.R.
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Care and Coverage of the Nation’s Children: A Resource Page
Fact SheetMedicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) are serving as an important safety-net for children during the current recession. These programs have contributed to a decrease in the uninsured rate for children, but many eligible children remain uninsured despite the availability of Medicaid and CHIP coverage today.
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New Option for States to Provide Federally Funded Medicaid and CHIP Coverage to Additional Immigrant Children and Pregnant Women
Fact SheetThis fact sheet provides state-level data from a Kaiser survey that found that a large number of states are using state funds to provide health coverage to legal immigrant children and pregnant women through Medicaid, CHIP or another state program.
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Premiums and Cost-Sharing in Medicaid
Issue BriefMedicaid, the nation’s public health insurance program for low-income people, now covers nearly 60 million Americans, including many working families, low-income elderly, and individuals with disabilities. Medicaid beneficiaries tend to be poorer and sicker than those enrolled in private insurance.
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Medicaid’s Role for Selected Populations
FeatureMedicaid_s role for selected populations Download Source NOTE: FPL-- Federal Poverty Level. The U.S. Census Bureau's poverty threshold for a family with two adults and one child was $19,318 in 2016.
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Health Insurance Coverage for Children, by English Proficiency & Parents’ English Proficiency, 2009
FeatureHealth-Insurance-Coverage-for-Children-by-English-Proficiency-&-Parents-English-Proficiency-2009-DISPARITIES Download Source KCMU/Urban Institute analysis of 2009 American Community Survey …
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Uninsured Rates of Children, by Citizenship Status, 2011
FeatureUninsured Rates of Children, by Citizenship Status, 2011 Download Source KCMU/Urban Institute analysis of March 2011 Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement…