Eligibility Levels in Medicaid & CHIP for Children, Pregnant Women, Parents, and Childless Adults
Eligibility Levels in Medicaid & CHIP for Children, Pregnant Women, Parents, and Childless Adults
Eligibility Levels in Medicaid & CHIP for Children, Pregnant Women, Parents, and Childless Adults
Eligible children and families losing Medicaid or CHIP coverage at renewal for procedural or paperwork reasons has been a persistent problem. As Harvard researcher Dr. Benjamin Sommers has aptly noted, poor retention rather than poor take-up is the main reason why millions of children eligible for Medicaid and CHIP are uninsured. Dr. Sommers’ research has […]
As we continue to consider the future of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), one question comes up fairly regularly: Where do state officials stand on the issue? Child advocates, of course, are united in their support for continuing CHIP for the foreseeable future to ensure we don’t end up with more uninsured children or […]
The Government Accountability Office (GAO), which provides reports to Congress that evaluate federal policies, released two reports in the last week confirming what we already know about CHIP: it’s a vital coverage source to millions of kids and kids and families would be worse off without it. The first study, Coverage of Services and Costs […]
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By Sophia Duong Tooth decay still remains the most common chronic disease for children in the U.S. today. Progress has been made to address this problem, including a provision in CHIPRA that expanded dental coverage for all children enrolled in CHIP. CHIP has been a vital source of dental health coverage for low-to-middle income children. […]
I was delighted to see MACPAC’s recent examination of continuous coverage and churn in Medicaid and CHIP. It was the first such analysis I’ve seen using data from the Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System (T-MSIS) from 42 states and D.C. While the analysis includes all non-elderly Medicaid enrollees, I’m going to focus mostly on the […]
Wisconsin Public Radio November 07, 2014 By Shamane Mills, A Georgetown study showed that in 2008, Wisconsin has the sixth-highest percentage of children covered under CHIP. In 2013, it dropped to 14th. The rate of uninsured children is slipping, but is still better than the national average. Congress will have to decide whether to continue funding […]
Wisconsin Public Radio November 07, 2014 By Shamane Mills, The rate of the uninsured children in Wisconsin is better the the national average, but is declining. A study by the Center for Children and families at Georgetown University reported that Wisconsin’s rank for highest percentage of children covered under CHIP dropped from sixth-highest in 2008 […]
When CHIP was reauthorized in 2009, it provided a new tool – known as Express Lane Eligibility (ELE) – for states to enroll and renew children’s coverage. ELE allows states the flexibility to use findings from other public programs, like SNAP, to determine eligibility for Medicaid or CHIP. ELE can be used at enrollment, renewal, […]
Indianapolis Star July 22, 2015 By Maureen Groppe, WASHINGTON — The federal government has agreed to pay for 99.62 percent of the cost of Indiana’s Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) over the next two years. Indiana has one of the lowest CHIP enrollment rates among states, so some advocacy groups had hope the increased funding […]
Those of us in the child health world know an important topic for the coming year is the future of CHIP and whether funding will be extended beyond September 2015. We at CCF are convinced it is necessary for CHIP to remain strong and stable alongside Medicaid for the foreseeable future to maintain our nation’s […]
TPM By: Alice Ollstein It has now been more than 100 days since the Republican-controlled Congress allowed funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) to lapse, and despite several infusions of stopgap funding from both Capitol Hill and the Department of Health and Human Services, states could run out of money as early as […]
We recently released a report looking at state performance during the Medicaid unwinding with a focus on children. We examined data from the beginning of the unwinding, which varies by state, through the end of 2023. Some states (7) acted very cautiously and saw very little to no change in their net child Medicaid enrollment […]
Medicaid and CHIP Eligibility, Enrollment, Renewal, and Cost Sharing Policies as of January 2017: Findings from a 50-State Survey
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) at the Department of Health and Human Services issued a new report estimating that applying the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (MDRP) to separate state CHIP programs would have resulted in drug manufacturers paying $641.2 million in rebates in calendar year 2020 alone, with the federal government receiving $515.7 million […]
The evidence is clear that premiums that are unaffordable or charged at too low an income level are a barrier to enrollment and retention of health coverage. However, the approach to premium collection also plays an important role in helping low-income families and individuals secure and maintain coverage. In this new brief, CCF explores the […]
Following is a statement by Joan Alker, executive director of the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families responding to a Florida lawsuit against a federal law requiring 12 months of continuous coverage for children enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP: “As a consequence of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, a new federal law went […]
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COVID-19 underscores the need for universal access to health care and exposes the coverage inequities in our system today. Latino children are more likely to be uninsured than their non-Latino peers, and this coverage gap widened in recent years. A new report from CCF and UnidosUS shows that because Latino children are more likely to be […]