Health Policy
September 17, 2012 | Feature/Topic
Browse research, insight and analysis on key issues affecting health and health care in the United States.
Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
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Medicaid/CHIP Participation Among Children and Parents
December 3, 2012 | 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.
Income Eligibility Thresholds, Premium Contributions, and Children's Coverage Outcomes
April 1, 2013 | Journal Article
A CHIP expansion simulation finds sensitivity to higher contributions for higher income families.
Increase in Federal Match Associated With Significant Gains in Coverage for Children Through Medicaid and CHIP
August 1, 2012 | Journal Article
As the number of children living in poverty has increased steadily over the past decade, Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) have enrolled millions of additional youths. Federal and state governments jointly finance both prog ...
Enrolling More Kids in Medicaid and CHIP
January 27, 2011 | Issue Brief
Brief examines government's efforts to find and enroll five million eligible, uninsured children.
CHIP Expansions to Higher-Income Children in Three States
September 1, 2010 | 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.
Reaching Uninsured Children
August 1, 2010 | Issue Brief
Brief analyzes effect of tax-based outreach in Iowa on children's health insurance enrollment.
What Was the Impact of States Expanding Eligibility to CHIP?
February 16, 2012 | 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.
Reauthorizing SCHIP
January 8, 2009 | 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.
Consequences of SCHIP Expansions for Household Well-Being
August 1, 2010 | Journal Article
SCHIP improves the material well-being of the low-income families it intends to assist.
Maximizing Kids' Enrollment in Medicaid and SCHIP
January 1, 2009 | 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.