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.
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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.
Relative Affordability of Health Insurance Premiums Under CHIP Expansion Programs and the ACA
July 21, 2011 | Journal Article
Despite the importance of affordability to universal access to health insurance coverage, there is wide variability in what is considered affordable.
What Was the Impact of States Expanding Eligibility to CHIP?
February 16, 2012 | Program Result Report
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.
Improving Asthma Outcomes in Minority Children
December 1, 2009 | Journal Article
A parent mentoring program which matches parents of minority, asthmatic children with trained parent mentors similar to themselves seems to be an inexpensive and effective way to help families manage their kids' asthma. There can actually be a net savings associated with families that extensively participate in such a program.
Families USA Holds 14th Annual Grassroots Meeting on Health Policy
October 8, 2010 | Program Result Report
In January 2009, with the U.S. Congress and president Barack Obama's new administration preparing to consider national health care legislation, Families USA organized Health Action 2009 around the theme "Winning Historic Health Care Reform."
Public Health Interventions for Addressing Childhood Overweight: Analysis of the Business Case
June 25, 2009 | Story
Childhood Obesity Research
Families USA's Health Action Conferences Focus on Coverage for Uninsured Kids
March 22, 2009 | Program Result Report
In 2006 and 2007, Families USA led the Campaign for Children's Health Care, a multipronged public education campaign to win support for expanding health coverage for uninsured children in the United States.
States Selected to Participate in $15 Million Initiative to Increase Coverage for Uninsured Children
February 16, 2009 | News Release
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation provides funding and support to maximize enrollment in CHIP and Medicaid in eight states.
Health Coverage Expanded for Millions of Children
February 4, 2009 | Story
SCHIP reauthorization includes $25 million for obesity prevention.