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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.

E-Health Snapshot: States Using Technology to Boost Efficiency, Expand Outreach and Improve Care for Children in Medicaid and SCHIP
A new 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.

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Annual Updates on Eligibility Rules, Enrollment and Renewal Procedures, and Cost-Sharing Practices in Medicaid and SCHIP -- January 2009

This resource page links to the annual reports on changes in state Medicaid and SCHIP programs released by the Kaiser Family Foundation's Commission on Medicaid.

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 -- January 2009

This eighth annual 50-state survey of eligibility rules, enrollment and renewal procedures, and cost-sharing practices in Medicaid and SCHIP for children finds that state efforts to expand coverage to children slowed in state fiscal year 2008.

Next Steps in Covering Uninsured Children: Findings from the Kaiser Survey of Children’s Health Coverage -- January 2009

This issue brief provides key findings from the Kaiser Survey of Children’s Health Coverage conducted in 2007, including that many low- and middle-income working families with an uninsured child do not have access to employer-sponsored health insurance.

Covering Uninsured Children: Reaching and Enrolling Citizen Children With Non-Citizen Parents -- January 2009

This issue brief examines health insurance coverage for low-income citizen children whose parents are not citizens and some of the specific barriers to enrolling these children in Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program.

Enrolling Uninsured Low-Income Children in Medicaid & SCHIP -- January 2009

This fact sheet outlines issues in outreach and enrollment for Medicaid and SCHIP. It provides a profile of eligible but uninsured children, discusses the greatest barriers to enrollment, and offers strategies to improve enrollment.

Health Insurance Coverage of America's Children -- January 2009

This chartbook provides fundamental facts about children's health insurance coverage.

Reports Examine Impact of Economic Turmoil on Health Coverage and State Medicaid Programs -- January 2009

The Kaiser Family Foundation issued several new reports looking at how the recession and growing unemployment is affecting people's health coverage and state Medicaid programs. The new reports were released in conjunction with an Alliance for Health Reform briefing.

Making the Most of Medicaid: Promoting the Health of Women and Infants With Preconception Care -- December 2008
This article examines the evolution and current role of Medicaid in improving access to preconception care for low-income women and discusses opportunities to promote preconception care through the program.

Short Term Options for Medicaid in a Recession -- December 2008
This policy brief examines several short-term options for strengthening Medicaid at a time of growing demand, including increased federal funding and temporary coverage expansions.

Care and Coverage of the Nation's Children: A Resource Page -- December 2008

The Foundation has several resources that explain the state of children's health and health care coverage in the United States.

This resource page links to the annual reports on changes in state Medicaid and SCHIP programs released by the Kaiser Family Foundation's Commission on Medicaid.

This eighth annual 50-state survey of eligibility rules, enrollment and renewal procedures, and cost-sharing practices in Medicaid and SCHIP for children finds that state efforts to expand coverage to children slowed in state fiscal year 2008.

This issue brief provides key findings from the Kaiser Survey of Children’s Health Coverage conducted in 2007, including that many low- and middle-income working families with an uninsured child do not have access to employer-sponsored health insurance.

This issue brief examines health insurance coverage for low-income citizen children whose parents are not citizens and some of the specific barriers to enrolling these children in Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program.

This fact sheet outlines issues in outreach and enrollment for Medicaid and SCHIP. It provides a profile of eligible but uninsured children, discusses the greatest barriers to enrollment, and offers strategies to improve enrollment.

This chartbook provides fundamental facts about children's health insurance coverage.

The Kaiser Family Foundation issued several new reports looking at how the recession and growing unemployment is affecting people's health coverage and state Medicaid programs. The new reports were released in conjunction with an Alliance for Health Reform briefing.

This article examines the evolution and current role of Medicaid in improving access to preconception care for low-income women and discusses opportunities to promote preconception care through the program.

This policy brief examines several short-term options for strengthening Medicaid at a time of growing demand, including increased federal funding and temporary coverage expansions.

The Foundation has several resources that explain the state of children's health and health care coverage in the United States.

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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.