Covering Uninsured Kids: Missed Opportunities for Moving Forward
Author: Cindy Mann U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Health – Testimony Document January 29, 2008
Eligibility & Enrollment
Eligibility Options for Children and Families
Cindy Mann State Health Advocates — Presentation Document January 2008
Moving Backward: Status Report of August 17, 2007 Directive
On August 17, 2007, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a directive, imposing new conditions on states that want to use federal funds to offer affordable coverage to children over 250 percent of the federal poverty level. This issue brief reviews the impact of the new rules on children’s coverage to date, finding […]
Moving Forward? Reauthorization of SCHIP
Author: Cindy Mann 2007 Kids Count Conference — Presentation Document October 2007
Coverage of Uninsured Children in Moderate-Income Families Under SCHIP
By Jocelyn Guyer To help inform the debate over the 2007 reauthorization of SCHIP, this issue brief provides new data on the extent to which low- to moderate-income children are currently enrolled in SCHIP. It shows that children with family income below 300 percent of the federal poverty level presently comprise 99.5 percent of those […]
American Families Face Harsh Reality: 2,000 Children Join the Ranks of Uninsured Each Day
This issue brief provides a portrait of uninsured children in America. It explains that after years of success in providing coverage to more of America’s uninsured children, Census Bureau data show that in 2006 the number of uninsured children increased for the second year in a row. If those trends continue, it is estimated that […]