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Medicaid & SCHIP: Enrollment and Outreach

Determining Income Eligibility in Children’s Health Coverage Programs: How States Use Disregards in Children’s Medicaid and SCHIP
A new brief describes the purpose of income disregards when considering the Medicaid or SCHIP eligibility of children in working families and examines the implications of prohibiting such disregards for health coverage in public programs.

New Survey Indicates Medicaid Enrollment Declines for the First Time in Nearly a Decade
The annual 50 state survey on Medicaid and state budget actions reports a 0.5 percent enrollment decline in fiscal year 2007 and that, with an improved economy, 42 states are planning to expand coverage for the uninsured in the next year.

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Medicaid: A Primer 2008 -- December 2008
The primer provides an overview of the basic components of Medicaid, the nation's largest health coverage program, which covers 59 million low-income individuals, including children and families, people with disabilities and the elderly who are also covered by Medicare.

The Medicaid Program at a Glance - UPDATE -- November 2008

This fact sheet provides an overview of the Medicaid program, the populations that it serves and the services that it covers.

Emerging Health Information Technology for Children in Medicaid and SCHIP Programs -- November 2008

This report highlights states' innovative use of health information technology in their Medicaid and SCHIP programs to improve their ability to reach and enroll eligible children, improve the quality of care for children, increase communications with families, and continue to modernize their programs.

Health Coverage in an Economic Downturn: Impact of Tight Budgets on Families and States -- November 2008
The economic downturn has strained family finances and led some Americans to cut back on medications and medical care. The Foundation has a number of resources that shed light on how Americans and states are faring and provide background on the uninsured, employer-sponsored health insurance costs, trends in states’ Medicaid enrollment and spending and prior efforts to support the Medicaid program during a slumping economy.

Headed for a Crunch: An Update on Medicaid Spending, Coverage and Policy Heading into an Economic Downturn -- September 2008

This eighth annual 50-state survey on Medicaid and state budget actions finds enrollment began to rise in fiscal year 2008 with states expecting even larger increases for fiscal year 2009. With the increased enrollment, Medicaid spending is also rising more rapidly than in the recent past.

Kaiser Fast Facts -- May 2008
“Kaiser Fast Facts” features “QuickTakes” and “Kaiser Slides” – two tools that provide direct access to facts, data and slides about the nation's health care system and programs, in an easy-to-use format. “QuickTakes” presents an inventory of facts-at-a-glance and "Kaiser Slides" allows Web visitors to freely view, download and print graphics and tables of health policy statistics and trends.

Determining Income Eligibility in Children’s Health Coverage Programs: How States Use Disregards in Children’s Medicaid and SCHIP -- May 2008

This brief describes the purpose of income disregards when considering the Medicaid or SCHIP eligibility of children in working families and examines the implications of prohibiting such disregards for health coverage in public programs.

Current Issues in Medicaid: A Mid-FY2008 Update Based on a Discussion with Leading Medicaid Directors -- January 2008

This report provides a brief mid-fiscal year 2008 update on current issues in Medicaid, from the perspective of state Medicaid directors who administer the program.

Health Coverage for Children and Families in Medicaid and SCHIP: State Efforts Face New Hurdles -- January 2008

The seventh annual 50-state survey of eligibility rules, enrollment and renewal procedures, and cost-sharing practices in Medicaid and SCHIP for children and families reports that nearly two-thirds of states expanded access to Medicaid and SCHIP between July 2006 and January 2008.

NPR/Kaiser/Harvard Survey: Public Views on SCHIP Reauthorization -- October 2007
This October 2007 survey conducted jointly by NPR, the Kaiser Family Foundation, and the Harvard School of Public Health examines the public’s views and opinions of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and the pending legislation surrounding its reauthorization.

The primer provides an overview of the basic components of Medicaid, the nation's largest health coverage program, which covers 59 million low-income individuals, including children and families, people with disabilities and the elderly who are also covered by Medicare.

This fact sheet provides an overview of the Medicaid program, the populations that it serves and the services that it covers.

The economic downturn has strained family finances and led some Americans to cut back on medications and medical care. The Foundation has a number of resources that shed light on how Americans and states are faring and provide background on the uninsured, employer-sponsored health insurance costs, trends in states’ Medicaid enrollment and spending and prior efforts to support the Medicaid program during a slumping economy.

“Kaiser Fast Facts” features “QuickTakes” and “Kaiser Slides” – two tools that provide direct access to facts, data and slides about the nation's health care system and programs, in an easy-to-use format. “QuickTakes” presents an inventory of facts-at-a-glance and "Kaiser Slides" allows Web visitors to freely view, download and print graphics and tables of health policy statistics and trends.

This report provides a brief mid-fiscal year 2008 update on current issues in Medicaid, from the perspective of state Medicaid directors who administer the program.

This October 2007 survey conducted jointly by NPR, the Kaiser Family Foundation, and the Harvard School of Public Health examines the public’s views and opinions of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and the pending legislation surrounding its reauthorization.

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Medicaid/SCHIP: Enrollment and Outreach

In 2001, more than nine million children were without health insurance coverage. The vast majority of these uninsured children reside in low-income families and are eligible to sign up for coverage under Medicaid or SCHIP. Nevertheless, they remain uninsured because their parents have not been able to enroll them in public programs due to a lack of knowledge about the programs and burdensome application and enrollment procedures. After SCHIP was enacted in August of 1997, nearly all states launched outreach campaigns to educate families about the availability of publicly-financed health care coverage for low-income children or took significant steps to simplify their child health application and renewal procedures. More recently, however, some states have reversed improvements in their child health application and renewal procedures in response to fiscal problems, making it once again more difficult for eligible children to enroll in coverage.