CHIP
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Differences That Make A Difference: Comparing Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program Federal Benefit Standards
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.
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New Data Show Decline in the Percent of Children without Health Insurance
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.
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A Success Story: Closing the Insurance Gap for America’s Children through Medicaid and SCHIP
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…
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Financing Health Coverage: The State Children’s Health Insurance Program Experience
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…
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The President’s Proposals For Medicaid and SCHIP: How Would They Affect Children’s Health Care Coverage?
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…
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Serving Low-Income Families Through Premium Assistance: A Look At Recent State Activity
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…