2006
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Too Close To Turn Back: Covering America’s Children
Based upon the research and the experience gained since the enactment of SCHIP in 1997, this report describes the important issues at stake for children in the 2007 debate over reauthorization of the program, the progress the country has made in covering children, and the steps that could be taken to move forward.
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Leading Child Health Groups Present Key Priorities for SCHIP Reauthorization
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Leading child health organizations — the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), March of Dimes, and the National Association of Children’s Hospitals — joined the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families today to release a report that identifies key issues that must be addressed in reauthorizing the State Children’s Health Insurance Program…
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Election Survey Finds Broad Support for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program
This issue brief reviews the results of a survey of 1,000 voters during the 2006 midterm elections (November 6-7, 2006) on their opinions about future funding for SCHIP. The results show that more than eight in 10 voters want to increase spending and expand the number of children covered; while only a small percentage (14…
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Congress Has Tools to Move Forward on Children’s Coverage
WASHINGTON—Building on the success of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program and Medicaid, Congress has several tools at its disposal to move further ahead on child health coverage, Lisa Dubay, a research and policy adviser at the Center for Children and Families, said today at a congressional hearing. Read the Full Release
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Georgetown Researchers Begin Evaluating Florida’s Medicaid Changes
WASHINGTON—Georgetown University Health Policy Institute researchers Joan Alker and Jack Hoadley released the first in a series of issue briefs evaluating the implementation of Florida’s experimental Medicaid waiver program. Funded primarily by the Jessie Ball DuPont Fund, the evaluation is the only comprehensive examination of the Medicaid pilot program that is funded independently of the…
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Children’s Eligibility for SCHIP
Federal rules establish which children states can cover with federal SCHIP funds. This issue brief explains these federal rules, including how they affect the income level, and insurance and citizenship status of children who can be covered under SCHIP.
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SCHIP’s Financing Structure
This issue brief discusses the basic financing for the SCHIP program, including the rules governing how SCHIP funds can be used and the mechanisms used to distribute available SCHIP funds to the states.
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Medicaid Changes: What Will They Mean for Broward and Duval Counties, and Beyond?
In December 2005, Governor Bush signed into law a bill authorizing implementation of the state’s major Medicaid redesign in two pilot counties, Broward and Duval. This issue brief provides details of Florida’s program, the changes that will occur, and the proposed evaluation of the pilot. This issue brief was released as part of the Assessing…
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SCHIP Successfully Covering Children as 10 Year-Anniversary Nears
WASHINGTON—As the 10-year anniversary of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program approaches, Congress will have an opportunity to build on the success that SCHIP, in partnership with Medicaid, has had in decreasing the uninsured rate of lowincome children. “Of all our health care reform efforts, covering children has been resoundingly successful and efficient. Since 1997,…
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Instability of Public Health Insurance Coverage for Children and Their Families: Causes, Consequences, and Remedies
This report examines the extent, causes, and consequences of instability in public coverage programs for children and families, focusing particularly on the phenomenon of “churning,” which occurs when individuals lose and regain coverage in a short period of time. It also provides strategies that can make public program coverage more stable.
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Three Out of Four of the People Put at Risk Under West Virginia’s Medicaid Changes are Children
Children will be put at risk of losing basic and essential health services under a new West Virginia Medicaid initiative, according to an analysis released today by the Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University’s Health Policy Institute. West Virginia is one of the first states in the country to make significant changes to…
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What Will West Virginia’s “Medicaid Redesign” Mean For Children?
This issue brief discusses West Virginia’s approved state plan amendment to redesign its Medicaid program. The approved plan allows West Virginia to reduce Medicaid beneficiaries’ access to medical services if they—or, in the case of children, their parents—are deemed to be out of compliance with a range of behavioral requirements. The issue brief also examines…
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Vermont’s Global Commitment Waiver: Implications for the Medicaid Program
By Jocelyn Guyer Vermont secured approval in the fall of 2005 for a waiver allowing the state to use federal Medicaid funds to refinance a broad array of its own, non-Medicaid health programs. It also gave Vermont new flexibility to reduce benefits, increase cost-sharing, and cap enrollment for many Medicaid beneficiaries. This issue brief describes…
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The Deficit Reduction Act: A Review of Key Medicaid Provisions Affecting Children and Families
The Deficit Reduction Act, signed into law by President Bush on February 8, 2006, includes significant changes to Medicaid coverage rules affecting children and families that are designed to reduce federal spending. This issue brief reviews changes in Medicaid’s benefit, cost-sharing, and premium standards. It also examines a citizenship documentation requirement and a “health opportunity…
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Medicaid’s Role for Children in the United States
By Jocelyn Guyer Lutheran Services in America, Public Policy Committee – Presentation Document February 2006
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Georgia’s Medicaid Program: A Briefing for Community Leaders
This issue brief serves as a primer for policymakers, community leaders, and health care providers who will be assessing the benefits and costs of proposed changes, through a Section 1115 waiver, to Georgia’s Medicaid program. It provides basic facts on Georgia’s Medicaid program, explores key features of Section 1115 waivers, and poses questions for policymakers…
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What Will Florida’s “Medicaid Choice” Waiver Proposal Mean For Children?
On October 19, 2005, Florida received approval for a Section 1115 Medicaid Choice proposal from the federal government, moving the Medicaid program to a premium-based system, among other things. This issue brief summarizes how these changes affect children as it is implemented, first in two counties and then across the state.