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By Tara Mancini As we have reported, the U.S. has recently achieved some of the lowest uninsured rates for children on record. Yet, over the same period of time, children continued to experience increased rates of poverty. Because we know that poverty is distributed unevenly in the country, and in fact is often concentrated, the key message […]
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National Covering Kids & Families Network ALABAMA Covering Alabama Kids & Families/ AL Dept of Public Health ALASKA Alaska Primary Care Association Voices for Alaska’s Children Work Group ARIZONA Children’s Action Alliance ARKANSAS Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families CALIFORNIA Community Health Councils Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board National Health Foundation UCSD w/San Diego Kids […]
Webinars CHIPRA Cycle II Grantees: Successful Strategies to Enroll Eligible Children in Medicaid and CHIP February 27, 2012 The Twenty-First Century Enrollment Experience December 15, 2011 Politics and Policy in Washington: Potential Impacts on Enrollment, Simplification and Coordination of Children’s Coverage September 13, 2011 Simplification: What’s Working in Getting and Keeping Children […]
The National Covering Kids & Families Network (NCKFN) is a community of organizations and individuals committed to advancing health care coverage and equal access to high quality health care. The network seeks to sustain and build upon the strength and collective expertise of grantees from the national Covering Kids & Families (CKF) initiative as well […]
So my children think this is weird, but I was really happy yesterday because CMS issued the final regulations on Section 1115 waivers. CMS also issued final rules on so-called “State Innovation” waivers that will be available through the Affordable Care Act, but since those don’t go into effect until 2017 we will come back […]
Medicaid and CHIP Stability Protections
Remember all those claims about how private insurers would be “crowded out” if Children’s Health Insurance Program income eligibility guidelines were to be expanded? Now a report by the National Bureau of Economic Research finds that those fears are likely to be unfounded as there is little evidence of any crowd out in the states that […]
States are busily working to transform their tugboat-type eligibility and enrollment systems into sleek 12-meter racing yachts of the America’s Cup variety. But will simplified, streamlined eligibility and enrollment systems mean smooth sailing for everyone? Not likely. No matter how fast and dynamic these new systems are, it still will take all hands on deck […]
In the last year, we’ve examined the potential impact of proposed premium changes in Florida and Wisconsin, but a new study in Health Affairs provides some real-world data on what actually happens when premiums rise (not that we in any way condone experiments in children’s coverage of this sort). Healthy Kids in Los Angeles County is […]
By Jocelyn Guyer With the release of the President’s fiscal year 2013 budget proposal yesterday, CCF staff have begun the annual ritual of digging through lengthy documents and tables to untangle what it might mean for the health care coverage of children and families. It is a challenging task in the best of times, but […]
WASHINGTON, DC — Georgetown University Health Policy Institute’s Center for Children and Families released a progress report on the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA), which was signed into law three years ago. Since its enactment, the law has helped drive the number of uninsured children down by one million. The new law, which […]
The Giants may be bringing home the Lombardi but Patriots fans are taking home the CHIP III trophy thanks to efforts by Dayanne Leal and Health Care for All Massachusetts. Patriots’ fans brought in 103 comments in support of efforts to connect kids to coverage. (The Giants’ fans? Well, perhaps they were a little preoccupied […]
The enactment of CHIPRA three years ago gave states additional tools and resources to maintain and improve children’s access to health care. In recent years, the number of uninsured children has decreased by one million, even as child poverty has jumped to alarmingly high levels and more parents and adults have joined the ranks of […]
By Wesley Prater Many thanks to the organizations that joined us in submitting a letter to federal officials in opposition of Wisconsin’s request to waive maintenance of effort provisions. These provisions are so valuable to families because they preserve stability in states’ Medicaid and CHIP programs. Groups such as the AARP, American Heart Association, Center […]
Georgetown University Center for Children and Families provides research, develops strategies, and offers solutions to improve the health of America’s children and families, particularly those with low and moderate incomes.
It’s a really big weekend: the third anniversary of CHIPRA and the Super Bowl rematch between the New England Patriots and New York Giants. What more could a child health policy wonk and Patriots fan, want? There is a connection between these seemingly disparate events. Thousands of kids watching the action will be dreaming of […]
Undoubtedly you’ve heard about Super Bowl XLVI , but have you heard of CHIP III which is also taking the field this weekend? CHIP is short for the Children’s Health Insurance Program which was reauthorized three years ago this weekend. To mark the occasion, we’re hosting a Super Blog-Off between Patriots fans and Giants fans. But […]
By the Community Service Society of New York, Children’s Defense Fund – New York, Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy and Health Care for All New York As the New York Giants head to the Super Bowl this year, another giant comes to mind, the title character from Roald Dahl’s famous book, The Big Friendly Giant (BFG). Just […]