Center for Children and Families

(1/24/12)

CCF Shares Comments on Essential Health Benefits

CCF has drafted a letter in response to the Essential Health Benefits Bulletin issued by HHS and plans to submit it by the stated deadline of January 31 (although comments will be considered after that date). Other organizations are encouraged to submit comments and are welcome to use the CCF draft as they see fit.

Blog: CCF Shares Comments on the Essential Health Benefits Bulletin • Draft Letter

(1/24/12)

Homeless Children Need Better Connections to Medicaid

A National Center on Family Homelessness (NCFH) report estimates that one in 45 children are homeless each year in the United States. Virtually all homeless children, unless they are undocumented, should be eligible for Medicaid. Yet many may not be enrolled, particularly because of their unstable housing arrangements.

Blog: Samantha Garvey Helps Shed Light on the Plight of the 1 in 45 Children who are Homeless

(1/18/12)

CCF Releases Two New Reports on Health Coverage

CCF’s released two new reports published with the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. The first is the annual 50-state survey of eligibility, enrollment, renewal, and cost-sharing in Medicaid and CHIP. It found that 29 states moved to reach more children and families by improving coverage through targeted expansions and simplifications. The second examines four states’ (Alabama, Iowa, Massachusetts, and Oregon) success in covering children.

Performing Under Pressure: Annual Findings of a 50-State Survey of Eligibility, Enrollment, Renewal, and Cost-Sharing Policies in Medicaid and CHIP, 2011-2012 • Secrets to Success:  An Analysis of Four States at the Forefront of the Nation’s Gains in Children’s Health Coverage • Blog: Medicaid and CHIP - Performing Under Pressure