Medicaid & Children's Health: More Resources

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Promising Ideas in Children's Health Insurance: Coordination with School Lunch Programs is the first in a series of issue briefs about some of the innovative methods being explored to offer more children affordable health care. (May 1999) [Families USA]

Response to HCFA's Release of CHIP Enrollment Figures: Ron Pollack, Executive Director of Families USA, comments on the Health Care Financing Administration's Release of CHIP Enrollment Figures. (April 20 1999) [Families USA]

Deep in the Heart of Texas: Uninsured Children in the Lone Star State discusses child health insurance expansion in Texas, one of the last states--and by far the largest state--yet to decide whether it will take full advantage of the SCHIP program. Press Release (February 1999) [Families USA]

The Children's Health Insurance Update provides the latest information on the status of the CHIP program at both the state and federal level. Also included are updated figures on allotments and matching rates for 1999. (February 1999) [Families USA]

Employed But Not Insured: A State-By-State Analysis of The Number of Low-Income Working Parents Who Lack Health Insurance (February, 1999) [The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities]

Steps States Can Take to Facilitate Medicaid Enrollment of Children (November, 1998) [The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities]

Answering the Opposition to Children's Health Insurance responds to the mounting campaigns by conservative forces against State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). (October 1998) [Families USA]

Children's Health Insurance State Snapshot is a chart which shows the progress of state CHIP plans. (September, 1998) [The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)]

Family Coverage Options Under Chip, The State Children's Health Insurance Program discusses the use of CHIP funds and other resources in covering the costs of health insurance for uninsured families. (August 1998) [Families USA]

CHIP Resources for Advocates is a 500-page notebook containing the most useful resources to help state advocates working on implementation of the new children's health insurance program. (June 1998) [Families USA]

Counting the Uninsured: A Review of the Literature analyzes information from the reports. (June 1998) [The Urban Institute]

Outreach Strategies in the State Children's Health Insurance Program explains why outreach is important in the expansion of Medi caid and state-funded health programs for children. (June 1998) [Families USA]

Good Ideas From State Plans: State Child Health Plan Provisions That Can Benefit Children is a report prepared by several organizations that recently sponsored a national conference call on child health expansion. (April 1998) [Families USA]

Child Health Fact Sheets: Families USA has prepared 3 background papers that contain recommendations on how advocates and groups can make the most of the new children's health insurance program. (February 1998) [Families USA]

Premiums and Cost-Sharing Proposed by States under Title XXI, The New Children's Health Insurance Program discusses important aspects of child health expansion in the states. (February 1998) [Families USA]

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