December 3, 2012
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Report
The report presents the most up-to-date estimates available on Medicaid/CHIP participation rates, and examines how participation, eligibility, and rates of being insured have changed among children between 2008 and 2010 and examines participation rates among parents.
April 1, 2013
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Journal Article
A CHIP expansion simulation finds sensitivity to higher contributions for higher income families.
September 1, 2010
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Issue Brief
Report analyzes how CHIP expansions to include children in higher-income families affected rates of uninsurance among children in Illinois, Pennsylvania and Washington.
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.
September 1, 2008
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Issue Brief
This article examines the benefits and issues surrounding continuous eligibility that allows children, ages 0-18, to maintain Medicaid or State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) coverage for up to one full year, even if families experience a change in income or family status.
November 1, 2007
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Issue Brief
This brief examines the impact of Covering Kids & Families (CKF). The authors summarize the ways that CKF coalitions were built, the changes they supported, and the sustainability of those changes after the grant period.
January 1, 2009
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Report
Available research suggests that states can make small policy changes that can have a big impact on enrollment of eligible children. This paper revisits the ideas summarized in the Seven Steps brief by the National Academy of State Health Policy which provides more concrete information for states seeking to take the next step in enrolling more uninsured children who are eligible for Medicaid or SCHIP, but not enrolled.
January 1, 2009
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Report
This report finds that once children enrolled in SCHIP leave public insurance, they are far more likely to become uninsured, and remain uninsured for some time, than they are to obtain private coverage.
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.
January 8, 2009
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Issue Brief
This document provides a brief overview of some of the policy and programmatic issues that were addressed in legislation to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program during the summer and fall of 2007.