A Success Story: Closing the Insurance Gap for America's Children through Medicaid and SCHIP
July 2005
Authors: Cindy Mann, Jocelyn Guyer, and Joan Alker
After providing a brief background on Medicaid and SCHIP, this issue brief summarizes the available evidence to determine what the effect of the programs has been on the uninsured rate of low-income children. In addition, it examines the extent to which Medicaid and SCHIP provide children with access to needed care and whether the coverage that they provide is cost-effective.
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