CHIP
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SCHIP Funding in the Year Ahead: Implications of the Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Extension Act
By Jocelyn Guyer Although Congress twice passed SCHIP reauthorization bills with strong, bi-partisan support in 2007, President Bush’s decision to veto these bills ultimately led Congress to simply extend the existing SCHIP program with new funding through March 2009. This issue brief provides details on the financing provisions of the extension and state-specific data on…
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Cover All Kids: Pennsylvania’s State-Wide Campaign to Expand Eligibility
In 2004, in an effort to more accurately identify remaining gaps in health care coverage, the Pennsylvania Insurance Department commissioned a survey on the insurance status of citizens in the state. The Department found that while 96 percent of Pennsylvania’s children had coverage, more than 133,500 were uninsured. Of these, approximately 108,000 were eligible for…
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Pennsylvania: Streamlined Enrollment & Renewal through Technology
Summary Pennsylvania has had important success in providing health insurance coverage: according to a 2005 state report only 8 percent of Pennsylvanians, and only 4 percent of the state’s children, are uninsured. A core component of this success has been strong public programs. About one in three children are covered by Medicaid or CHIP (its…
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SCHIP Provisions in the Administration’s FY2009 Budget
This memo provides an analysis of SCHIP provisions in President Bush’s proposed fiscal year 2009 budget. It shows that provisions in the budget proposal would effectively eliminate state flexibility to provide SCHIP coverage for children with family incomes above 250 percent of the federal poverty level, and make it very difficult for states to cover…
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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…
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Moving Forward? Reauthorization of SCHIP
Author: Cindy Mann 2007 Kids Count Conference — Presentation Document October 2007
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CHIPRA: Just the Facts, PLEASE
Author: Cindy Mann National Academy for State Health Policy — Presentation Document October 2007
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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…
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The Growing Health Insurance Affordability Gap for Children and Families
This issue brief presents data showing the role that flexibility in the SCHIP program has played in allowing states to address the growing gap in health insurance affordability among the nation’s children. It focuses on the increasing costs to families of securing health coverage, both in terms of the absolute costs and as a proportion…
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Public/Private Coverage in SCHIP Reauthorization: Premium Assistance and Other Issues
Author: Joan Alker American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Federal Government Affairs — Presentation Document September 2007
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Summary of The Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007
This issue brief provides a summary of the major provisions of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA) of 2007 that was approved by Congress in September 2007. As adopted, the bill proposes providing states with $35 billion over five years in new SCHIP and Medicaid funding to cover an additional four million children.…
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Moving Backward: New Federally Imposed Limits on States’ Ability to Cover Children
On August 17, 2007, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a SCHIP directive, imposing new conditions on states that want to offer affordable SCHIP coverage to children over 250 percent of the federal poverty level. This issue brief details the policy changes under the directive and the implications they will have on states…
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Summary of the Senate SCHIP Bill: The Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007
This issue brief provides a summary of the child health provisions of the SCHIP reauthorization bill that was approved by the U.S. Senate on August 3, 2007. The bill proposes providing states with $35 billion over five years in new SCHIP and Medicaid funding to cover an additional four million children.
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Summary of the House SCHIP Bill: Children’s Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007
This issue brief provides a summary of the child health provisions of the Children’s Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007 that was approved by the U.S. House of Representatives on August 1, 2007. The bill proposes providing states with nearly $50 billion over five years in new SCHIP and Medicaid funding to cover an…
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SCHIP Reauthorization: What’s at Stake for Michigan
Author: Liz Arjun Michigan’s Promise & Voices for Michigan’s Children Training – Presentation Document July 2007
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Children’s Coverage: Getting to the Finish Line: A View from the States
Author: Cindy Mann California State Legislature — Presentation Document June 2007
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SCHIP Reauthorization: Can The Nation Move Forward Without Going Backward?
This issue brief reviews the eligibility provisions in the original SCHIP law, the experience across states since SCHIP was enacted, and the potential implications for children of imposing a federal income eligibility cap on SCHIP. It also provides information as to why states cover families at different income levels and which states would be affected…
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Making Real Gains for Children: Strategies for Reaching the More Than Six Million Uninsured Children Eligible for Medicaid and SCHIP
SCHIP reauthorization in 2007 provides an opportunity for Congress to adopt policies that help assure that children can gain the coverage they need and for which they already qualify. To make progress, the cost concerns of states must be addressed and new tools for identifying and enrolling eligible uninsured children must be implemented. This issue…
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Express Lane Eligibility: Using Public Programs to Enroll Eligible Children into Medicaid/SCHIP
Author: Dawn Horner State Coverage Initiatives Program — Presentation Document May 2007
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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.