Eligibility & Enrollment

Family Coverage Under SCHIP Waivers

This report examines 11 states that have been granted waivers to provide health care coverage to parents using SCHIP funds. It shows that while SCHIP parent enrollment nationwide is relatively small, the coverage provided helps fill a major coverage gap for low-income parents and their families.  

Children’s Health Coverage: States Moving Forward

This report provides results from a nationwide review of state efforts to provide health care coverage to uninsured children between January 2006 and mid-April 2007. It shows that a large number of states throughout the country have proposed, passed, or implemented initiatives to cover more children through three primary strategies: finding, enrolling, and keeping SCHIP- […]

Medicaid at the Ten-Year Anniversary of SCHIP: Looking Back and Moving Forward

By Jocelyn Guyer This issue brief examines the relative roles of Medicaid and SCHIP in providing health coverage and reducing the uninsurance rate of low-income children. It also provides evidence of the necessity for additional Medicaid reforms to ensure that Medicaid will continue to meet the needs of low-income children and families.