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Broaddus, Matthew; Ku, Leighton – 2000
Recent expansions in Medicaid coverage for children and state health insurance programs for children mean that the majority of low-income children in the United States now are eligible for health insurance. A new analysis of Census data, presented in this report, finds that 94% of all uninsured children with family incomes below twice the poverty…
Descriptors: Children, Disadvantaged Youth, Eligibility, Health Insurance
Broaddus, Matthew; Guyer, Jocelyn; Ross, Donna Cohen – 2001
States originally had until September 30, 2000 to spend their first year of funds under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) or else lose any unspent funds. Funds remaining unused after 3 years were to be reallocated to states that had spent their SCHIP funds before the deadline. Only 12 states met the deadline, with many states…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Child Health, Children, Federal Legislation
Ku, Leighton; Broaddus, Matthew – 2000
Although a national consensus has emerged regarding the importance of extending publicly-funded health insurance coverage to low-income children under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and Medicaid, substantial numbers of eligible children remain uninsured. This study examined whether extending insurance coverage to low-income…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Child Health, Children, Comparative Analysis