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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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Medicaid Enrollment in 50 States: June 2008 Data Update -- September 2009

This data update shows that in June 2008, 43.5 million individuals were enrolled in Medicaid in the 50 states and the District of Columbia, a 3.0 percent increase from the previous June. The increase represents a major reversal from the 0.6 percent decline from June 2006 to June 2007.

CHIP Enrollment: June 2008 Data Snapshot -- September 2009

This report provides the latest data on Children's Health Insurance Program enrollment and policy trends nationally and across the states through June 2008.

Matching Health Benefit Packages to Health Needs: Key Issues To Consider In Health Reform -- September 2009

Three reports and a video examine the range of health care needs and costs that people face today against the backdrop of the scope of health coverage that may be available to them under health reform.

Children and Health Care Reform: Assuring Coverage That Meets Their Health Care Needs -- September 2009

This issue brief examines the health care needs and health costs of children and analyzes the specific health care needs of two children in particular, including one with serious health challenges, against the backdrop of the health coverage that may be available under health reform.

Individuals with Special Needs and Health Reform: Adequacy of Health Insurance Coverage -- September 2009

This issue brief examines the health care needs and health costs of individuals with special health challenges, focusing on those with low-to-moderate incomes, against the backdrop of the health coverage that may be available under health reform.

How Will The Uninsured Be Affected By Health Reform? -- August 2009
This series of four briefs examines the uninsured and explores how they could be affected by health reform proposals that would expand Medicaid to cover more people and provide subsidies to low-to-middle income people to purchase health insurance. Three briefs look at uninsured children, uninsured parents and uninsured childless adults, respectively, while the fourth looks at the uninsured more generally.

Express Lane Eligibility Efforts: Lessons Learned from Early State Cross-Program Enrollment Initiatives -- August 2009

The Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA) includes new Express Lane Eligibility provisions that provide states new options to reach and enroll eligible but uninsured low-income children into Medicaid and CHIP by relying on eligibility findings from other programs, such as Head Start or Food Stamps. This brief is the first in a new series called Putting Children on the Express Lane to Health Insurance that will provide information on key issues related to implementing Express Lane Eligibility. It discusses lessons learned from early state cross-program enrollment efforts that can inform future Express Lane Eligibility efforts.

Key Questions about Changes for Medicaid and Low-Income Individuals: HR 3200 America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 -- August 2009
This brief highlights some key questions about provisions related to Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and provisions that affect low-income individuals included in HR 3200, the America’s Affordable Health Choices Act 2009 (the House Tri-Committee Bill).

CHIP TIPS: New Federal Funding Available to Cover Immigrant Children and Pregnant Women -- July 2009

This brief, the fifth in a series, examines a new option under the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 that allows states to receive federal funds for providing Medicaid and CHIP coverage to lawfully residing immigrant children and pregnant women regardless of when they entered the country.

New Option for States to Provide Federally Funded Medicaid and CHIP Coverage to Additional Immigrant Children and Pregnant Women -- July 2009

This fact sheet provides state-level data from a Kaiser survey that found that a large number of states are using state funds to provide health coverage to legal immigrant children and pregnant women through Medicaid, CHIP or another state program. The Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 gives states the option to provide federally matched Medicaid or CHIP coverage to lawfully residing immigrant children and pregnant women regardless of their date of entry into the U.S.

This report provides the latest data on Children's Health Insurance Program enrollment and policy trends nationally and across the states through June 2008.

This series of four briefs examines the uninsured and explores how they could be affected by health reform proposals that would expand Medicaid to cover more people and provide subsidies to low-to-middle income people to purchase health insurance. Three briefs look at uninsured children, uninsured parents and uninsured childless adults, respectively, while the fourth looks at the uninsured more generally.

This brief highlights some key questions about provisions related to Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and provisions that affect low-income individuals included in HR 3200, the America’s Affordable Health Choices Act 2009 (the House Tri-Committee Bill).

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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.