Outreach And Enrollment
Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families contributes an independent voice to the dialogue on how to most effectively make the promise of the Affordable Care Act a reality for children and families.
Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families contributes an independent voice to the dialogue on how to most effectively make the promise of the Affordable Care Act a reality for children and families.
Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families contributes an independent perspective to the public dialogue on the future of Medicaid through the lens of children and their families.
House Budget Committee Chair, Paul Ryan, will soon release a budget that will likely include a Medicaid block grant. Meanwhile, I have been busy preparing for a debate on block grants in a class I’m taking. I found that block granting Medicaid is a risky idea because it would make the program less flexible for […]
Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families contributes an independent perspective to the public dialogue on the future of Medicaid through the lens of children and their families.
Gene Lewit, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Living in Silicon Valley, I am used to reading about new tech wonders every day. In fact, today, we use the internet to do many things we used to do in person, by snailmail or on the telephone. This trend is encouraged by new technology, but has […]
The Plain Dealer March 11, 2012 By Sarah Jane Tribble CLEVELAND, Ohio — The MetroHealth System hopes to use $72 million in subsidies from Cuyahoga County taxpayers over the next two years to reduce the region’s uninsured by record numbers. The safety-net health system, with help from state regulators, recently submitted a proposal to the U.S. Centers for […]
Serving Low-Income Families Through Premium Assistance
Premium Assistance Program Financing
Choosing Premium Assistance
Kansas Health Institute March 5, 2012 By Mike Shields TOPEKA — Experts on the nation’s Medicaid program say that Gov. Sam Brownback’s plan to remake the state’s system for delivering health care to the poor, elderly and disabled is among the most far-reaching in the United States. And it faces an uncertain likelihood of gaining […]
October 25, 2010 Included in this webinar is a presentation by Jenny Kenney at the Urban Institute about the chartbook they developed with the support of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation about their new research on eligible but unenrolled children. There are two additional presentations about how to reach uninsured children- one from Alison Betty […]
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 […]
Membership Information What is the National Covering Kids & Families (NCKF) Network? The NCKF Network plays a critical intermediary role between national, state, and local policymakers and consumers by maximizing outreach, enrollment, retention, and utilization in health coverage programs. NCKF Network is a diverse group of local, state and national organizations that promote policies and […]
Since Finish Line was launched in 2007, 1.3 million more children have secured health care coverage bringing the uninsured rate for children to historic lows.
By Michael Odeh, Children Now Earlier this month the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) made an important ruling that truly embraces the “AFFORDABLE” in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Health care services and economics research over the past four decades has clearly shown that unaffordable cost-sharing in health care can be a […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
As policymakers across the country look to balance their budgets, some are turning to Medicaid, recycling the same harmful policies they’ve used year-after-year: eliminating coverage for vulnerable Americans, restricting critical benefits like prescription drug coverage, imposing premiums on those who can’t afford them, and slashing already-low provider reimbursement rates. Community Catalyst and Georgetown University Health […]
‘Twas nearing the end of two thousand eleven Performance bonus time; new states total seven In addition to sixteen that earned a bonus last year Twenty-three states have $296 million reasons to cheer Child advocates are proud of the effort they led Tactics for removing red tape dance in their heads With Medicaid and […]