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Medicaid/CHIP: Children

Care and Coverage of the Nation's Children: A Resource Page
Coverage of children is a key element of the debate over reforming the U.S. health care system. The Foundation has several resources that explain the state of children's health and health care coverage, including the roles of Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program.

Oral Health Coverage and Care For Low-Income Children: The Role of Medicaid and CHIP
This updated policy brief provides an overview of oral health care access and coverage for low-income children. Medicaid and CHIP are major sources of oral health and dental coverage for millions of low-income children, but barriers that leave many children without adequate oral health and dental care remain.

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CHIP TIPS: CHIP Financing Structure -- June 2009

This brief, the fourth in a series, examines important changes to CHIP's financing structure under the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009.

States Moving Towards Comprehensive Health Care Reform -- May 2009

With the problem of the uninsured continuing to grow, states have taken the lead in developing proposals to reform of their health care systems with the goal of significantly increasing the number of people with health coverage. An interactive map and related summaries of plans track which states have enacted or are planning comprehensive initiatives to cover their uninsured population.

CHIP TIPS: Citizenship Documentation Changes -- May 2009

This brief, the third in a series, examines changes to citizenship documentation requirements under the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009.

Congressional Testimony on Expanding Health Care Coverage -- May 2009
This contains the prepared written testimony of Foundation Executive Vice President Diane Rowland and Vice President Gary Claxton, who each testified May 5, 2009, before the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance's Roundtable On Health Care Coverage.

Oral Health Coverage and Care For Low-Income Children: The Role of Medicaid and CHIP -- April 2009

This updated policy brief provides an overview of oral health care access and coverage for low-income children.

CHIP TIPS Series Focuses On New Opportunities For Covering Children Under Medicaid and CHIP -- April 2009

This series of implementation briefs called “CHIP Tips” examines new opportunities for covering children following the reauthorization and expansion of CHIP in February 2009. The series is jointly produced by the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured and the Center for Children and Families at the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute.

CHIP TIPS: Medicaid Performance Bonus -- April 2009

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.
It reflects an understanding that aggressive state outreach efforts for CHIP tend also to drive up enrollment in state Medicaid programs. The bonus stems from a provision in the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009.

CHIP TIPS: Medicaid Performance Bonus "5 of 8" Requirements -- April 2009

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. The bonus is a financial incentive for states created by a provision in the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009.

Health Affairs Article: Beyond Incrementalism? SCHIP and the Politics of Health Reform -- March 2009

This article, published online in the journal Health Affairs, 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.

State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP): Reauthorization History -- February 2009

This fact sheet provides an overview of the reauthorization debate for the State Children's Health Insurance Program in 2007.

This brief, the fourth in a series, examines important changes to CHIP's financing structure under the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009.

This brief, the third in a series, examines changes to citizenship documentation requirements under the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009.

This contains the prepared written testimony of Foundation Executive Vice President Diane Rowland and Vice President Gary Claxton, who each testified May 5, 2009, before the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance's Roundtable On Health Care Coverage.

This updated policy brief provides an overview of oral health care access and coverage for low-income children.

This fact sheet provides an overview of the reauthorization debate for the State Children's Health Insurance Program in 2007.

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Medicaid/SCHIP: Children

Whether children are publicly or private insured, having coverage has been shown to increase their access to care, and ultimately their health. More than two in five children reside in low-income families where they often lack access to employer-based coverage. For these children, the Medicaid and SCHIP programs play a central role in providing coverage. In fiscal year 2002, the Medicaid program covered more than 25 million children and SCHIP covered more than five million. Together, these two publicly-subsidized health insurance programs provide coverage to close to half of all low-income children in the United States. During the recent economic downturn, the health insurance coverage rates of children remained relatively steady due in large part to the stabilizing effect of public programs even as their parents and other adults experienced increases in their uninsured rates.