is a federal-state partnership program that provides health coverage options for children whose families earn too much to qualify for Medicaid but too little to afford marketplace or other coverage. To learn more about how CHIP serves children in each state, read the State CHIP Snapshots.
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Preventive Services at Risk: Federal Instability and State Responses
In late June, the Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) preventive services provision, preserving—for now—zero cost sharing access to screenings, vaccines, and other preventive care for more than 150 million people. The decision in Kennedy v. Braidwood Management Inc. foreclosed a constitutional challenge to coverage of preventive care while underscoring new risks to consumers’ access to…
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Progress for Children is Eroding as Child Uninsured Rate Spikes to Highest Level since 2014
Every year we examine data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS) which provides the most comprehensive look nationally and by state at important trends impacting America’s families – including health insurance. Today we are sharing our analysis of data that came out just yesterday for calendar year 2024. Our analysis is…
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Who Cares for Our Nation’s Children? Federal Medicaid Cuts Will Magnify Challenges for Child Care Workforce and the Young Families They Support
Last spring we walked through Medicaid’s role in supporting early childhood educators and subsequently the risks of proposed federal Medicaid cuts to the child care system. Fast forward to July 4th: the HR 1 “Megabill” was rushed through reconciliation and signed into law, leading to the biggest cut in Medicaid’s 60-year history. These cuts– and…
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US Uninsured Rate Stays Level in 2024 for Adults and Kids: Storm Clouds Lie Ahead
Today the U.S. Census Bureau released the Current Population Survey (CPS) for 2024 which examines income, health insurance and other trends. Overall, the uninsured rate was unchanged at 8%; the child uninsured rate was 6.1%. – a slight increase that was not statistically significant. Later this week we will get state by state data from…
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Are States Ready to Implement HR 1 and Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements?
Key Findings Introduction On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law HR 1 (P.L. 119-21), the massive budget reconciliation bill that cuts more than $1 trillion from Medicaid and Marketplace health coverage. The law strips coverage from many lawfully residing immigrants, ties the hands of states to raise revenue to cover the state share…