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Fact Sheets Summarize President’s Budget Proposals for Health Insurance Coverage, Including Medicaid and SCHIP

May 2, 2007

Fact Sheet

Fact Sheets Summarize President's Budget Proposals for Health Insurance Coverage, Including Medicaid and SCHIP The President's fiscal year 2008 budget proposal includes changes to Medicaid, provisions for the reauthorization of SCHIP, and the health coverage initiative, Affordable Choices. These fact sheets provide an overview of President Bush's policy plans on these health coverage issues.

Enrolling Children in Medicaid and SCHIP: Insights From Focus Groups With Low-Income Parents

Apr 30, 2007

Report

This focus group report explores the perceptions, motivations, and experiences of low-income parents enrolling their children in Medicaid and SCHIP. The 11 focus groups were conducted in Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles and Miami in early 2007. Report (.

E-Health Snapshot: Harnessing Technology To Improve Medicaid and SCHIP Enrollment and Retention Practices

Apr 30, 2007

Report

Information 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.

Health Insurance Coverage and Access to Care for Low-Income Non-Citizen Children

Apr 30, 2007

Issue Brief

Largely due to a high uninsured rate, low-income, non-citizen children have very poor access to care, with many lacking a regular provider and going without preventive care. This brief examines health coverage and access to care for low-income, non-citizen children to provide insight into the challenges they face in obtaining health insurance and accessing care.

Family Coverage Under SCHIP Waivers

Apr 30, 2007

Issue Brief

Currently, 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 (.

President’s FY2008 Budget and The State Children’s Health Insurance Program

Apr 2, 2007

Fact Sheet

President'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.

The State Children’s Health Insurance Program: Lessons and Outlook

Event

The State Children's Health Insurance Program: Lessons and Outlook Barbara Lyons, a vice president of the Foundation and deputy director of the Foundation's Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, testified before a field hearing of the

Characteristics of the Uninsured: Who Is Eligible for Public Coverage and Who Needs Help Affording Coverage?

Jan 30, 2007

Issue Brief

This brief analyzes health coverage data and determines that 25% of the nation's uninsured population is eligible for either Medicaid or SCHIP. The brief goes on to describe the characteristics of the population. Issue Brief (.

New Publications Examine SCHIP Experience; Trends in Access to Medicaid and SCHIP Coverage

Jan 9, 2007

Fact Sheet

Maintaining and expanding health coverage for children and parents will likely be in the forefront of health care policy debates in Washington and state capitols in 2007.

State Children’s Health Insurance Program at a Glance

Jan 8, 2007

Fact Sheet

A fact sheet that provides an overview of how the State Children's Health Insurance Program is administered and financed, who is eligible, what services are covered, and what the policy issues are for the program's reauthorization. Fact Sheet (.

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