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This brief, the third in a series, examines changes to citizenship documentation requirements under the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009. The law extends the requirement to document citizenship that applied in Medicaid to CHIP as well.
On May 5, 2009, the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance held a roundtable discussion on health-care coverage issues as part of its health reform efforts.
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.
This 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.
This 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.
This 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.
This fact sheet provides an overview of the reauthorization debate for the State Children's Health Insurance Program. Fact Sheet (.
This 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.
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 (.
This chartbook provides fundamental facts about children's health insurance coverage. Chartbook (.pdf) Previous Versions: February 2007 (.
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