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Health Reform Implementation - Medicaid & CHIP

Under health reform, public programs serve as key building blocks for coverage by establishing a federal minimum at 133 percent of the FPL for all non-elderly adults in Medicaid and maintaining existing coverage for children in Medicaid and CHIP.

CCF Resources

• Improving Coverage for Children Under Health Reform Will Require Maintaining Current Eligibility Standards in Medicaid and CHIP

• Eliminating Medicaid and CHIP Stability Provisions (MoE): What's at Stake for Children and Families
  
  
• The Medicaid and CHIP Stability Protections: Consequences of Repeal
  
  
• Holding Steady, Looking Ahead: Annual Findings of a 50-State Survey of Eligibility Rules, Enrollment and Renewal Procedures, and Cost Sharing Practices in Medicaid and CHIP, 2010-2011
  
  
• Health Insurance Exchanges: New Coverage Options for Children and Families

• Explaining Health Reform: Benefits and Cost-Sharing for Adult Medicaid Beneficiaries

• CCF Comments to NAIC on Exchange Coordination with Medicaid and CHIP

• The New Responsibility to Secure Coverage: Frequently Asked Questions

• Implementing Health Care Reform: Key Questions for States

• Financing New Medicaid Coverage Under Health Reform: The Role of the Federal Government and States

• Holding the Line on Medicaid and CHIP: Key Questions and Answers About Health Care Reform's Maintenance-of-Effort Requirements

• Summary of Medicaid, CHIP, and Low-Income Provisions in Health Care Reform

Implementation Activities

• HHS Letter to States on Medicaid and CHIP Waiver Process, April 27, 2012
  
  
• HHS Letter to States on Medicaid, February 3, 2011
  
  
• Letter from the National Governors Association on the maintenance-of-effort requirement, January 24, 2011.
  Federal State MOE Requirements
  
  
• Letter from Republican governors on the maintenance-of-effort requirement, January 7, 2011.
  
  
• HHS Letter to States on Federal Support and Standards for Medicaid and Exchange Information Technology Systems, November 3, 2010.
  
  
• Congressional Leadership Letter to Secretary Sebelius on Maintenance of Effort Requirements for Children's Coverage, May 6, 2010.
  

• Gathering Insurance Information - Health Insurance Web Portal (HTML)

Guidance/Regulations

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