Research & Reports
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CHIP Tips: CHIP Financing Structure
The CHIP law enacted in 2009 includes a number of important program and financing changes that affect both Medicaid and CHIP. Some of the most important changes to CHIP’s financing structure include: significant new federal funding for the CHIP program through September 30, 2013; changes in the formula for distributing CHIP funds among states; and…
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Pay Attention to Children in Health Reform!
Kay Johnson Kay Johnson has been a leader in child health policy for 25 years. She is a Research Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Dartmouth Medical School and a Lecturer in Health Policy at the George Washington University. She also is president of Johnson Group Consulting. With passage of CHIPRA, federal policymakers may be tempted…
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The Last Piece of the Puzzle: What do Children Need from Health Reform?
You can’t pick up a paper (some of us do still read them) or read a blog today without hearing about health reform. In fact, you have read on our blog about the flurry of activity on the Hill. The good news is that no longer is the argument focused on whether health reform is…
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Children’s Issues and Effortless Enrollment are Building Momentum in Health Reform
By Jocelyn Guyer The Center for Children and Families staff is scurrying as fast as a NASCAR pit crew as two of our top issues are building momentum. We are participating in back-to-back Capitol Hill forums on addressing children’s unique health needs in health reform and removing bureaucratic hurdles to enrollment in Medicaid and CHIP.…
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Effortless Enrollment Saves Taxpayers $ and Helps Uninsured Children Access Medicaid and CHIP
Robert Nelb, MPH Candidate 2009, Yale University, Senior Fellow, The Roosevelt Institution As readers of this blog know, we became fans of Nelb’s work when we came across a letter-to-the-editor he wrote regarding pointless paperwork. Robert is a senior fellow for The Roosevelt Institution and the winner of the Brookings Institution’s Hamilton Project Economic Policy…
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Flurry of Activity On Health Reform Front Continues
By Jocelyn Guyer When my third child was born just 20 months after our twins, I was briefly the mom of three kids under the age of two. Not as tough as the challenge facing Jon and Kate plus Eight or the octuplet mom, but enough to make me think that my life would never…
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Making CHIPRA Work: Enrolling Eligible Children in Health Coverage
Author: Tricia Brooks Council of State Governments – Presentation Document May 2009
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The Last Piece of the Puzzle
By Jocelyn Guyer Center for American Progress — Presentation Document May 2009
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Mostly Good News for Children in Senate Finance Committee’s Health Reform Proposal
By Jocelyn Guyer Yesterday, the Senate Finance Committee released a set of health reform coverage options, offering some important insight into the direction this crucial committee may take as it tackles the goal of covering all Americans. It’s hard to sum up the 61-page document — not only does it cover a lot of terrain but there are options…
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Fact Sheet on Senate Finance Committee’s Coverage Options paper
This fact sheet provides a review of the key provisions affecting children, families and low-income people.
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Can We Afford to Leave Children’s Issues on the Sidelines of the Health Reform Debate?
Aimee Ossman, Director of Medicaid and State Policy Analysis, National Association of Children’s Hospitals As our national leaders debate health care reform, there must be a focus on children. The Senate Finance Committee has held two roundtable discussions highlighting the delivery of health care and coverage. In both of these roundtables there was a lot…
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Bipartisan Effort Delivers Needed Health Care for Kansas Kids
Suzanne Wikle, Director of Health Policy, Kansas Action for Children Last week, Liz Arjun blogged about the fact that CHIPRA has encouraged many states to move forward on health coverage for children despite achallenging budgetary climates. We took a look at Colorado’s expansion in a guest blog entry last week. This week, we want to…
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CHIP Tips: Citizenship Documentation Changes
The CHIP law enacted in 2009 includes a number of important program and financing changes that affect both Medicaid and CHIP. One important change is that CHIPRA extends the requirement to document citizenship that applies in Medicaid to CHIP as well. At the same time, the new law modifies current requirements to reduce the paperwork…
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Colorado Expands Kids Coverage Despite Budget Crunch
Deb Colburn, Colorado Coalition for the Medically Underserved On Monday, Liz Arjun blogged about the fact that CHIPRA has encouraged many states to move forward on health coverage for children despite challenging budgetary climates. Colorado is one of those states. The All Kids Covered initiative, a statewide collaborative, worked for passage of the legislation that was signed into law by…
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The Last Piece of the Puzzle
By Jocelyn Guyer The nation has made significant progress in covering children, but nine million children still lack insurance and many more are at risk of not receiving the health care services that they need to develop and grow properly. To address these issues, children will need to be an integral part of the much…
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More States Are Saying Yes to Kids Coverage
One of the most common questions we get at CCF is, “What are states doing to cover kids?” Since CHIP was reauthorized in February, this question has taken on a new twist: “Are states doing more to cover children since the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA) of 2009 was signed by President Obama?” The answer…
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What does the Senate Finance Committee’s new proposal for transforming the health care delivery system mean for children?
By Jocelyn Guyer Nothing! (If I were cooler, I could have twittered this response in.) Seriously. The Senate Finance Committee’s nearly 50-page description of policy options for “Transforming the Health Care Delivery System: Proposals to Improve Patient Care and Reduce Health Care Costs” literally has nothing to say about the steps that could be taken…
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Good Interpreters Can Save Lives & Limbs
Mara Youdelman, Staff Attorney at the National Health Law Program (NHeLP) and Director of the National Language Access Advocacy Project As immigrant communities expand across the United States, many healthcare providers and patients have encountered communication barriers making it difficult for patients to receive proper care. We think Mara has a better grasp on this issue…
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Reading the Tea Leaves on Health Reform
Last week, work on health care reform began in earnest on Capitol Hill. Senators Kennedy and Baucus (the Chairman of the Senate Health Education and Labor Committee and the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, respectively) began the week by issuing a joint letter about their intent to move health care reform bills, by the end…
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Health Reform Update – The Varsity Team is on the Field
By Jocelyn Guyer An overused, but still valid staple of political commentators is “follow the money,” but when it comes to health reform, another useful exercise is to follow the key staffers. In a clear sign that Congress intends to make a full court press on health reform this year, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman…