Challenges of Providing Health Coverage for Children and Parents in a Recession: A 50 State Update on Eligibility Rules, Enrollment and Renewal Procedures, and Cost-Sharing Practices in Medicaid and SCHIP in 2009
Overall, more than one-third of the states (19 states) took steps last year to increase access to health coverage for low-income children, pregnant women and parents –- including 15 states that authorized or implemented coverage expansions. At the same time, 10 states enacted at least one measure to restrict access. The report also examines trends in parental coverage and state outreach efforts, including the use of technology to facilitate enrollment.
Full Report (.pdf)
Data Tables (.pdf)
Also of Interest
- Annual Updates on Eligibility Rules, Enrollment and Renewal Procedures, and Cost-Sharing Practices in Medicaid and CHIP
- Medicaid and CHIP Eligibility Expansions and Coverage Changes for Children Since the Start of the Pandemic
- An Examination of Medicaid Renewal Outcomes and Enrollment Changes at the End of the Unwinding