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Download full textUllman, 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
Almeida, Ruth A.; Kenney, Genevieve M. – 2000
Data from the 1997 National Survey of America's Families (NSAF) are analyzed to estimate the number and composition of children lacking health insurance prior to the implementation of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). The NSAF is a survey of children and adults under the age of 65 in more than 44,000 households, conducted as…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Children, Federal Programs, Health Insurance
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
Peer reviewedLewit, Eugene M. – Future of Children, 1998
Reviews the basic decisions states must make when implementing State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) programs and reports on the decisions states participating in this federal program have made, as reflected in the plans they submitted to the Health Care Financing Administration. Sources of information about the program are included.…
Descriptors: Children, Federal Programs, Health Insurance, Health Maintenance Organizations
Stemmler, Peggy; Naimark, Dana Wolfe – 2000
The Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in Arizona is called KidsCare. This report provides a portrait of children's health coverage in the state after a year of operation of KidsCare. Following an executive summary, the first section of the report presents overall statistics and trends in children's health coverage. The second section…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Child Health, Children, Health Care Costs
