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  • Improving Medicaid Screenings for Children: New HHS Inspector General Report Shines a Light on the Issue

    CCFadmin

    In May, HHS’ Inspector General released a study that presented some pretty depressing news – almost three-quarters of children on Medicaid in nine states are not receiving all of the medical, vision and hearing examinations (the study did not look at dental) that federal law (through the Medicaid EPSDT benefit) requires.  It has long been…

  • Summary of Medicaid, CHIP, and Low-Income Provisions in Health Care Reform

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    On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which is designed (with its companion set of amendments in H.R. 4782) to provide coverage to 32 million people, adopt broad-reaching reforms in insurance industry practices, make major new investments in public health, and reduce the federal deficits. This…

  • Holding the Line on Medicaid and CHIP: Key Questions and Answers About Health Care Reform’s Maintenance-of-Effort Requirements

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    The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) requires that states maintain their current eligibility standards for Medicaid and the CHIP. These maintenance-of-eligibility (MOE) requirements apply to adults until the major components of health reform go into effect on January 1, 2014, and to children until September 30, 2019. This set of question and answers…

  • An Update on State Fiscal Relief: Momentum is Building

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    By Jocelyn Guyer The pressure to extend the temporary increase in the federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for Medicaid included in last year’s stimulus bill is building. Widely credited with helping states through one of the worst fiscal crises on record, the provision also has been vital in stabilizing Medicaid coverage for children and others…

  • President Obama’s Health Care Reform Proposal: Key Medicaid, CHIP, and Low-Income Provisions

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    President Obama’s health reform plan set the stage for the bipartisan health reform summit the White House convened. This fact sheet provides a description of the key Medicaid, CHIP, and low-income provisions.  

  • Key Medicaid, CHIP, and Low-Income Provisions in the Final Senate Health Reform Bill: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

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    This fact sheet provides a description of the key Medicaid, CHIP, and low-income provisions in the health reform bill approved by the Senate on December 24, 2009.  

  • Children in Health Reform: Perspective from a California Leader

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    Wendy Lazarus, Founder and Co-President, The Children’s Partnership As the health reform debate in Congress moves further forward than it ever has before, the potential real-world impacts on children and families are becoming clearer.  Even from 3,000 miles away, those of us in California – home of the nation’s largest and hugely successful CHIP program…

  • New Deal on a Public Option — Implications for Children and Families??

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    By Jocelyn Guyer Details are starting to emerge on what is in the new Senate deal on a public option, but we’re still trying to figure out what it means for low-income children and families.  So far, we know it does not include a Medicaid expansion to 150 percent of the federal poverty level, which…

  • Key Medicaid, CHIP, and Low-Income Provisions in the Merged Senate Bill: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

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    This fact sheet provides a description of the key Medicaid, CHIP, and low-income provisions in the merged health reform bill released by the Senate on November 18, 2009.  

  • Children and Families in Senate Health Reform Bill

    CCFadmin

    While not as riveting as the latest gossip on the White House “party crashers,” the Senate began debate this week on its health reform bill. We have developed a fact sheet of the bill’s key Medicaid, CHIP, and low-income provisions to help you navigate and understand where things stand for children and families. Over the…

  • Key Medicaid, CHIP, and Low-Income Provisions in H.R. 3962: The Affordable Health Care for America Act of 2009

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    This fact sheet provides a description of the key Medicaid, CHIP, and low-income provisions in the merged health reform bill released by the House and amended on November 3, 2009.  

  • Federal Options for Improving Public Program Enrollment & Retention

    CCFadmin

    Author: Dawn Horner United Hospital Fund — Presentation Document October 2009

  • Children in Health Reform: What’s at Stake?

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    By Jocelyn Guyer Moms Rising — Presentation Document October 2009

  • Senate Finance Committee Moves Forward

    Joan Alker

    Its been a busy week here in Washington with action on health care reform. All eyes were on the Senate Finance Committee, which, as Jocelyn Guyer blogged about last week, started working on their markup of the bill. The Committee is in its second week of mark-up with hundreds of amendments and is likely to…

  • Postcards from CCF — Tennessee

    CCFadmin

    This month, CCF is heading to Nashville, Tennessee to listen to the new beat coming out of “Music City, USA.” Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen recently changed his tune and announced that on March 1, enrollment will resume for CoverKids, the state’s CHIP program. The Governor had frozen enrollment in November but, after a public outcry,…

  • Access to Care for Children in Medicaid

    CCFadmin

    Medicaidʼs Substantial Coverage Role for Children Medicaid covers more than 23 million children, more than one-quarter of all children, and more than half of low income children.1 Between 1997 and 2006, the proportion of low-income uninsured children fell from to 23 percent to 15 percent;2 success that is largely attributable to the role that Medicaid…

  • Is There Oral Health in Health Reform?

    Tricia Brooks

    Author: Tricia Brooks New England Rural Oral Health Conference — Presentation Documents September 2009

  • The Stories of Jacob and Isabel: Will Their Needs Be Met by Health Reform?

    Joan Alker

    As health reform discussions continue, one key question that will be addressed is what benefits will children be eligible for and how much will they cost?  Because they are growing and developing, children have a distinct set of health care needs that evolve over time and differ from those of adults.  Moreover, while as a…

  • Children and Health Care Reform: Assuring Coverage Meets Their Health Care Needs

    Joan Alker

    Because they are growing and developing, children have a distinct set of health care needs that evolve over time and differ from those of adults. Moreover, while as a group children are relatively healthy, one in seven has special health care needs. Given that under reform, many children will be covered through private plans and…

  • The Future of CHIP – What if it Goes Away?

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    By Jocelyn Guyer It is becoming increasingly clear that Congress may well dismantle the popular Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) as part of broader health reform. Children and their families have much to gain in health reform, as my colleagues and I have written about elsewhere, but this is a change worthy of its own…