Update on the Florida SCHIP Enrollment Freeze
This issue update describes the latest developments regarding Florida's enrollment freeze in their SCHIP program. Fact Sheet (.
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President’s FY2008 Budget and The State Children’s Health Insurance Program
Fact SheetPresident's FY2008 Budget and The State Children's Health Insurance Program The State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) was established in 1997 to build on Medicaid's coverage of children. The program must be reauthorized this year to continue uninterrupted. This fact sheet summarizes the President's budget proposal to reauthorize the SCHIP for the next five years.
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Choices Under the New State Child Health Insurance Program: What Factors Shape Cost and Coverage?
Issue BriefThe State Children's Health Insurance Program, 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. This policy brief examines how many children will participate and the public costs per covered child.
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Legislative Summary: State Children’s Health Insurance Program – Fact Sheet
Fact SheetState 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).
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Children’s Health Insurance: 1997 Budget Reconciliation Provisions
ReportChildren's Health Insurance: 1997 Budget Reconciliation Provisions A side by side of children's health insurance budget reconciliation provisions comparing House and Senate bills as of 07/09/97.
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SCHIP Program Enrollment: June 2002 Update
ReportThis report presents information on the number of children enrolled in SCHIP for each state, for specific months from 1998 to June 2002. As of June 2002, the SCHIP program covered 3.6 million low-income children. An increase of 571,000 from the previous June.
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Putting Express Lane Eligibility into Practice
ReportA new report details how the practice of express lane eligibility, or utilizing information from other public benefit programs, can quicken the enrollment of low-income children into the Medicaid and CHIP programs.
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Lessons from the Field: Increasing Enrollment in Children’s Health Insurance in Los Angeles County
ReportA new background report highlights health coverage trends for children in Los Angeles County, examines some of the factors behind Medi-Cal enrollment growth, and attempts to draw relevant lessons for other counties and states. Also see "First Glance at the Children's Health Initiative in Santa Clara County, California".
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The Future of Medi-Cal: Challenges at the Federal, State, and County Level
Issue BriefThis issue brief explores how California and other states are attempting to preserve a meaningful set of benefits under Medicaid during the current budget crisis, when services are most needed and state resources are most scarce. This brief is being distributed in Sacramento at the latest California Health Policy Roundtable on Tuesday, May 13, 2003.