Iowa Medicaid/CHIP Coverage by School Districts, 2018-2022
Illinois Medicaid/CHIP Coverage by School Districts, 2018-2022
Idaho Medicaid/CHIP Coverage by School Districts, 2018-2022
Biden Administration Adds Protections to Keep Children Covered in CHIP
Today the Biden Administration announced the final federal regulation “Streamlining the Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Program, and Basic Health Program Application, Eligibility Determination, Enrollment, and Renewal Processes” which, among other things, eliminates outdated red tape barriers to coverage for children insured through the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) that have been in place since its […]
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Back to the Basics: Medicaid and CHIP 101
Medicaid and CHIP are successful programs that have delivered quality care to low-income children and their families. With the policy landscape surrounding Medicaid and CHIP in flux, child health advocates have their work cut out for them when it comes to educating the public about the critical roles Medicaid and CHIP play in covering kids […]
Medicaid and CHIP Provisions in Biden Administration’s Fiscal Year 2025 Budget
On March 11, the Biden Administration issued its budget plan for fiscal year 2025. Based on budget documents from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), here’s a brief summary of the budget’s major provisions related to Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), along […]
Medicaid and CHIP in Schools-Promoting Student Health Access, Coverage, and Insurance Literacy
Why is Medicaid/CHIP Continuous Eligibility So Important for Kids?
As readers of SayAhhh! know, the number of uninsured kids was going down for many years, but during the Trump administration starting going back up – rising to 5.7 percent child uninsured rate in 2019. While children are insured at higher rates than non-elderly adults, they still lag considerably behind seniors – who with Medicare […]
Will Congress Convert Bipartisan Support for CHIP into Action for Kids?
Last week I attended and spoke at a wonderful child health symposium at West Virginia University’s John D. Rockefeller IV School of Policy and Politics. Senator Rockefeller was there sharing his inspiration and wisdom and emphasizing the bipartisan spirit in which the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) was born 20 years ago. Today, thanks to […]
State Medicaid and CHIP Snapshots, 2018
The Georgetown University Center for Children and Families (CCF) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) created factsheets underscoring the importance of Medicaid in providing coverage for children in all 51 states (including the District of Columbia). Sources are available here. Previous snapshots can be found here.
Estimated CHIP Enrollment by Congressional District, 2016
The following workbook estimates the number of children ever enrolled in CHIP in 2016 by congressional district. See the notes tab in the workbook for information on data sources and methodology. Estimated CHIP enrollment by CD
Percent of Children Covered by Medicaid/CHIP by Congressional District, 2017
Notes: Children are defined as under 19 years of age. Children with two or more types of coverage are not included in the map. The congressional district boundaries displayed were in effect for the 115th Congress. Source: Georgetown University Center for Children and Families analysis of the one-year estimates of summary data from the 2017 […]
Editorial: Florida Needs CHIP to Insure Children
The Herald Tribune Editorial Florida has positive momentum in its efforts — supported by the federal government — to reduce the number of children not covered by some form of health insurance. … As the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families reports, “Florida has cut its rate of uninsured children by more than half […]
Congress Lets CHIP Expire, and States Scramble
Governing By: Mattie Quinn Congress missed the Sept. 30 deadline to reauthorize funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), sending states that rely on that money scrambling to figure out how to pay for it. U.S. Sens. Orrin Hatch and Ron Wyden introduced a bipartisan bill last month that would have extended funding for […]