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Download full textAlmeida, Ruth; Hill, Ian; Kenney, Genevieve – 2001
Dental disease is one of the most prevalent illnesses facing children in the United States today. Eighty percent of untreated dental disease in permanent teeth is found in roughly 25 percent of 5- to 17-year old children, most of whom come from low-income and other vulnerable populations. The State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Child Health, Dental Health, Health Insurance
Ullman, Frank; Hill, Ian; Almeida, Ruth – 1999
This brief provides a snapshot of the types and scale of expansions that states have adopted in the early implementation phase of the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), a program to expand health coverage for low-income children up to age 19. In addition, the brief examines how coverage expansions vary in relation to state…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Children, Eligibility, Health Insurance
