February 16, 2012
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Program Result
Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Washington were among the first to offer CHIP to children in families earning more than 200 percent of the federal poverty line. Researchers at UCLA and the RAND Corp. evaluated the impact of this effort.
January 26, 2011
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Program Result
The Covering Kids & Families program was designed to find, enroll and retain eligible children and adults in federal and state health care coverage programs. Statewide and local coalitions in all 50 states and the District of Columbia participated.
March 2, 2010
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Indiana Covering Kids & Families set as one of its early goals to stimulate conversation and collaboration between two agencies: one administering the school lunch program and the other eligibility for CHIP and other public health insurance.
September 18, 2009
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Program Result
Mathematica study of SCHIP shows that state policies determine how long children receive SCHIP coverage and that children who leave SCHIP remain uninsured for many months.
July 27, 2009
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Program Result
Georgetown University kept state-level officials and child health advocates apprised of important issues concerning health care coverage for children, with an emphasis on changes to the federal State Children's Health Insurance Program.
March 4, 2005
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Program Result
Covering Kids: A National Health Initiative for Low-Income Uninsured Children was a national program to help states and local communities increase the number of eligible children who benefit from public health insurance coverage programs.
October 28, 2002
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Program Result
The New Hampshire Healthy Kids Corporation worked with the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services to implement the state's State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
October 28, 2002
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Program Result
From 1997 to 2000, the Texas Healthy Kids Corporation worked to bolster the operation of its children's health insurance program, Texas Healthy Kids.
May 1, 2000
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Program Result
During 1997 and 1998, the Alliance for Health Reform published materials and held briefings on the issue of children's health care coverage.
December 1, 2000
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Program Result
The 14-member Committee on Children, Health Insurance, and Access to Care - appointed by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) - examined the relationship between health insurance coverage and children's access to health care.