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

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    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.  

  • States Affected by Proposals to Restrict SCHIP Coverage Options

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    By Jocelyn Guyer This issue brief provides an analysis on which states would be affected by policy proposals to limit SCHIP funding to children with family income at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level. It shows that more than half of the states (28 states) are potentially affected by this type of…

  • SCHIP Funding for Parents

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    By Jocelyn Guyer This memo provides information on the history, scope, and value of SCHIP financing for family coverage. It shows that that although SCHIP coverage for parents represents a small fraction of SCHIP funding, it has provided states with flexibility to address the growing number of uninsured Americans.  

  • Key Issues in SCHIP Reauthorization

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    Author: Cindy Mann Association of Health Care Journalists — Presentation Document March 2007

  • Getting to the Finish Line: Covering Children Eligible for Medicaid and SCHIP

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    Author: Cindy Mann Alliance for Health Reform – Presentation Document February 2007

  • SCHIP Ten Years Later: What Have We Learned

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    Author: Cindy Mann State Health Research and Policy Interest Group, Academy Health — Presentation Document February 2007

  • The Future of CHIP: Improving the Health of America’s Children

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    Author: Cindy Mann U.S. Senate Finance Committee 
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  • Too Close To Turn Back: Covering America’s Children

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    Based upon the research and the experience gained since the enactment of SCHIP in 1997, this report describes the important issues at stake for children in the 2007 debate over reauthorization of the program, the progress the country has made in covering children, and the steps that could be taken to move forward.  

  • Election Survey Finds Broad Support for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program

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    This issue brief reviews the results of a survey of 1,000 voters during the 2006 midterm elections (November 6-7, 2006) on their opinions about future funding for SCHIP. The results show that more than eight in 10 voters want to increase spending and expand the number of children covered; while only a small percentage (14…

  • Children’s Eligibility for SCHIP

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    Federal rules establish which children states can cover with federal SCHIP funds. This issue brief explains these federal rules, including how they affect the income level, and insurance and citizenship status of children who can be covered under SCHIP.  

  • SCHIP’s Financing Structure

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    This issue brief discusses the basic financing for the SCHIP program, including the rules governing how SCHIP funds can be used and the mechanisms used to distribute available SCHIP funds to the states.  

  • Instability of Public Health Insurance Coverage for Children and Their Families: Causes, Consequences, and Remedies

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    This report examines the extent, causes, and consequences of instability in public coverage programs for children and families, focusing particularly on the phenomenon of “churning,” which occurs when individuals lose and regain coverage in a short period of time. It also provides strategies that can make public program coverage more stable.  

  • Medicaid’s Role for Children in the United States

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    By Jocelyn Guyer Lutheran Services in America, Public Policy Committee – Presentation Document February 2006

  • Closing the Coverage Gap: Trends in Health Insurance Coverage for Children

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    From 1996-97 to 2003-04, the uninsured rate of low-income children was reduced by a third; however, the national data mask significant variation across the states in how children are faring. To provide a state-specific perspective on the issue, this brief examines health insurance trends for children in all 50 states and the District of Columbia…

  • Differences That Make A Difference: Comparing Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program Federal Benefit Standards

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    This issue brief analyzes the differences between Medicaid and SCHIP’s benefit standards. It reviews the health care guarantees that children would lose if the Medicaid standard were replaced by SCHIP-like rules.  

  • New Data Show Decline in the Percent of Children without Health Insurance

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    This issue brief analyzes data released by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. It shows that from 1996 to 2004 the uninsured rate among children declined, largely due to public coverage programs available for children.  

  • A Success Story: Closing the Insurance Gap for America’s Children through Medicaid and SCHIP

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    After providing a brief background on Medicaid and SCHIP, this issue brief summarizes the available evidence to determine what the effect of the programs has been on the uninsured rate of low-income children. In addition, it examines the extent to which Medicaid and SCHIP provide children with access to needed care and whether the coverage…

  • Financing Health Coverage: The State Children’s Health Insurance Program Experience

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    Despite SCHIP’s success in covering children, the program’s financing structure has been fraught with problems necessitating frequent revisions in the law and ongoing debate about how to address these problems. Financing issues have caused inequities and uncertainties across states, as well as projections that, in some states, children could lose coverage over the next few…

  • The President’s Proposals For Medicaid and SCHIP: How Would They Affect Children’s Health Care Coverage?

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    On February 7, 2005, President Bush released his budget proposal for fiscal year 2006. The proposal reduces overall federal funding for Medicaid by at least $45 billion over ten years. It also anticipates, but does not spell out, policy changes that could have a major impact on children’s coverage. This issue brief analyzes the President’s…

  • Serving Low-Income Families Through Premium Assistance: A Look At Recent State Activity

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    The Bush Administration’s Health Insurance Flexibility and Accountability (HIFA) initiative offers expedited review of waivers that includes a premium assistance component. It also significantly weakens the benefit and cost-sharing protections for families participating in premium assistance programs and relaxes the cost-effectiveness test. This issue brief examines the new federal polices associated with using Medicaid and/or…