Every child deserves to grow up healthy and happy. To help them get there, kids need regular checkups and medical care. If your child doesn't have health insurance, there's help. The Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) offers low-cost or no-cost coverage for infants, children and...
Health insurance is not optional— especially for children who are still growing and vulnerable to a wide range of injuries and illnesses.However, for parents who live paycheck to paycheck, private health insurance is simply a luxury they just can’t afford....
Enrollment in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) has increased by 20.2 million beneficiaries since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to ananalysisfrom the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF). The analysis reflects Medicaid and CHIP enrollment data from CMS...
Children's health insurance pro- gram (CHIP): Accomplishments, challenges, and policy recom- mendations. Pediatrics, 133(3), e784-e793.Committee on Child Health Financing. 2014. "Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP): accomplishments, challenges, and policy recommendations." Pediatrics 133:...
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OBJECTIVE: To assess the quality of the Current Population Survey's (CPS) Child Health Insurance Program (CHIP) data. DATA SOURCES: Linked 2000-2004 Medicaid Statistical Information System (MSIS) and the 2001-2004 CPS. DATA COLLECTION METHODS: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services provided the...
This study uses the introduction of premiums into Kentucky's Children's Health Insurance Program (KCHIP) to examine whether the enrollment impact of new premiums varies by child health type. We also examine the extent to which children find alternative coverage after premium nonpayment. Public ins...
About 40% of CHIP enrollees had a parent with an employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) policy, but only half reported that the policy could cover the child. Approximately 30% of new enrollees had public coverage during the year before but were uninsured just before enrolling. Conclusions Access to...
The stakes are high for the nine million children who rely on CHIP, because their families are above the income level for receiving Medicaid but don’t earn enough to be able to afford health insurance. One of the programs funded by CHIP is MiChild, a program in Michigan that...
The Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) is a U.S. federalhealthcare programadministered and named differently by each state. For example, the state of New York calls its program Child Health Plus while Arkansas calls its program ARKids.34Similar to the wayMedicaidworks, the federal gov...