CHIP
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Children’s Health Insurance Program Financing – Not as Cutting Edge as Dr. Gawande’s Article But Vital to Kids Health
By Jocelyn Guyer Not destined to be as au courant in health reform circles as Dr. Atul Gawande’s article on health care costs that President Obama is now touting, but if you would like the blow-by-blow on how the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA) changes the way that federal dollars flow to states…
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Change, The Sequel
By Jocelyn Guyer Joan Alker, Cindy Mann and I started the Center for Children and Families jointly, coming together to do so because we shared a vision of a mission-driven policy organization that could combine the best of research and analysis with strategic thinking and communications to expand and improve health care coverage for America’s…
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CHIP Tips: CHIP Financing Structure
The CHIP law enacted in 2009 includes a number of important program and financing changes that affect both Medicaid and CHIP. Some of the most important changes to CHIP’s financing structure include: significant new federal funding for the CHIP program through September 30, 2013; changes in the formula for distributing CHIP funds among states; and…
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Ten Reasons Why Kids Need Affordable Health Coverage
Emma Walsh-Alker and Mr. Parodi’s 5th grade class CCF Blogger Joan Alker has been working on children’s issues for over twenty years. When thinking about why children’s health needs deserve more attention in health reform, she decided to seek out experts on the topic – her daughter and fellow 5th grade classmates in a D.C.…
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Pay Attention to Children in Health Reform!
Kay Johnson Kay Johnson has been a leader in child health policy for 25 years. She is a Research Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Dartmouth Medical School and a Lecturer in Health Policy at the George Washington University. She also is president of Johnson Group Consulting. With passage of CHIPRA, federal policymakers may be tempted…
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Change
Last November, excitement over the prospects for real change swept a new President into office and gave hope to many who had long since lost hope that things could get better and that government could do good. We all have our own criteria for what constitutes “real” or “good” change, but whatever change may mean,…
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Children’s Issues and Effortless Enrollment are Building Momentum in Health Reform
By Jocelyn Guyer The Center for Children and Families staff is scurrying as fast as a NASCAR pit crew as two of our top issues are building momentum. We are participating in back-to-back Capitol Hill forums on addressing children’s unique health needs in health reform and removing bureaucratic hurdles to enrollment in Medicaid and CHIP.…
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When will public health insurance programs catch up with the rest of the online world?
If technology were not so prolific, there would be no reason to write this blog. My kids grew up using computers and cannot remember a time when technology was not a focal point of everyday life. From researching homework (or health policy) to balancing your checkbook and paying bills, from shopping for hard-to-find sizes to…
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Effortless Enrollment Saves Taxpayers $ and Helps Uninsured Children Access Medicaid and CHIP
Robert Nelb, MPH Candidate 2009, Yale University, Senior Fellow, The Roosevelt Institution As readers of this blog know, we became fans of Nelb’s work when we came across a letter-to-the-editor he wrote regarding pointless paperwork. Robert is a senior fellow for The Roosevelt Institution and the winner of the Brookings Institution’s Hamilton Project Economic Policy…
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Making CHIPRA Work: Enrolling Eligible Children in Health Coverage
Author: Tricia Brooks Council of State Governments – Presentation Document May 2009
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Mostly Good News for Children in Senate Finance Committee’s Health Reform Proposal
By Jocelyn Guyer Yesterday, the Senate Finance Committee released a set of health reform coverage options, offering some important insight into the direction this crucial committee may take as it tackles the goal of covering all Americans. It’s hard to sum up the 61-page document — not only does it cover a lot of terrain but there are options…
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Can We Afford to Leave Children’s Issues on the Sidelines of the Health Reform Debate?
Aimee Ossman, Director of Medicaid and State Policy Analysis, National Association of Children’s Hospitals As our national leaders debate health care reform, there must be a focus on children. The Senate Finance Committee has held two roundtable discussions highlighting the delivery of health care and coverage. In both of these roundtables there was a lot…
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Bipartisan Effort Delivers Needed Health Care for Kansas Kids
Suzanne Wikle, Director of Health Policy, Kansas Action for Children Last week, Liz Arjun blogged about the fact that CHIPRA has encouraged many states to move forward on health coverage for children despite achallenging budgetary climates. We took a look at Colorado’s expansion in a guest blog entry last week. This week, we want to…
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CHIP Tips: Citizenship Documentation Changes
The CHIP law enacted in 2009 includes a number of important program and financing changes that affect both Medicaid and CHIP. One important change is that CHIPRA extends the requirement to document citizenship that applies in Medicaid to CHIP as well. At the same time, the new law modifies current requirements to reduce the paperwork…
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Colorado Expands Kids Coverage Despite Budget Crunch
Deb Colburn, Colorado Coalition for the Medically Underserved On Monday, Liz Arjun blogged about the fact that CHIPRA has encouraged many states to move forward on health coverage for children despite challenging budgetary climates. Colorado is one of those states. The All Kids Covered initiative, a statewide collaborative, worked for passage of the legislation that was signed into law by…
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Isn’t Coverage That Meets People’s Needs Really the Goal?
Yesterday, the Senate Finance Committee convened a roundtable to focus on the coverage issues in health reform (a small topic). They covered a lot of terrain although in fits and starts. While the debate over the public plan option continues to take center stage, the Medicaid debate also began to take shape. Senators Grassley and Hatch both…
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CCF Turns 4 Today!
The Center for Children and Families came into being four years ago today to develop effective, practical strategies to improve access to quality health care for children and families. As we spend our birthday watching the Senate Roundtable Discussion,”Increasing Access to Health Care Coverage,” we wanted to celebrate with you online (fewer calories that way).…
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More States Are Saying Yes to Kids Coverage
One of the most common questions we get at CCF is, “What are states doing to cover kids?” Since CHIP was reauthorized in February, this question has taken on a new twist: “Are states doing more to cover children since the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA) of 2009 was signed by President Obama?” The answer…
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What does the Senate Finance Committee’s new proposal for transforming the health care delivery system mean for children?
By Jocelyn Guyer Nothing! (If I were cooler, I could have twittered this response in.) Seriously. The Senate Finance Committee’s nearly 50-page description of policy options for “Transforming the Health Care Delivery System: Proposals to Improve Patient Care and Reduce Health Care Costs” literally has nothing to say about the steps that could be taken…
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Good Interpreters Can Save Lives & Limbs
Mara Youdelman, Staff Attorney at the National Health Law Program (NHeLP) and Director of the National Language Access Advocacy Project As immigrant communities expand across the United States, many healthcare providers and patients have encountered communication barriers making it difficult for patients to receive proper care. We think Mara has a better grasp on this issue…