CHIP TIPS: Medicaid Performance Bonus
This brief, the first in a series, examines the new federal "performance bonus" available to states that do an especially good job of signing up eligible children for Medicaid.
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CHIP TIPS: Medicaid Performance Bonus “5 of 8” Requirements
Issue BriefThis brief, the second in a series, examines the requirements that states must meet to be eligible for the new "performance bonus" available to states that do an especially good job of signing up eligible children for Medicaid.
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CHIP TIPS Series Focuses On New Opportunities For Covering Children Under Medicaid and CHIP
Issue BriefThis series of implementation briefs called “CHIP Tips” examines new opportunities for covering children following the reauthorization and expansion of CHIP in February 2009. Together Medicaid and CHIP provide coverage for more than one in four children in the U.S., yet many others remain eligible but uninsured.
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Health Affairs Article: Beyond Incrementalism? SCHIP and the Politics of Health Reform
ReportThis article examines the political and legislative history of the Children's Health Insurance Program and analyzes the lessons for policymakers who are contemplating broader health care reform.
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State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP): Reauthorization History
Fact SheetThis fact sheet provides an overview of the reauthorization debate for the State Children's Health Insurance Program. Fact Sheet (.
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Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA)
Fact SheetThis fact sheet provides an overview of provisions of the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA), which was signed into law in February 2009.
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The Impact of Medicaid and SCHIP on Low-Income Children’s Health
Issue BriefThis 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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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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Health Insurance Coverage of America’s Children
ReportThis chartbook provides fundamental facts about children's health insurance coverage. Chartbook (.pdf) Previous Versions: February 2007 (.
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Enrolling Uninsured Low-Income Children in Medicaid & SCHIP
Fact SheetThis fact sheet outlines issues in outreach and enrollment for Medicaid and SCHIP. It provides a profile of eligible but uninsured children, discusses the greatest barriers to enrollment, and offers strategies to improve enrollment. Fact Sheet (.