Posted on September 16, 2010 16:34
Categories: Special Populations | Medicaid
Topics: Children & Adolescents | CHIP | Medicaid
On July 26, KFF released this brief examining the most recent national data on children’s health coverage, focusing on children’s participation in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). KFF found that, during the 2008 economic recession, the number of uninsured children declined because of an increase in public coverage. The brief notes that, although the two programs cover nearly one third of the nation’s children, 8.1 million children remain uninsured. KFF also notes that many uninsured children are currently eligible for public coverage and suggests enhancing efforts to identify and enroll them.
From the report:
The broad coverage provisions of the ACA go into effect in 2014 and will set national minimum Medicaid eligibility for nearly all individuals (including children) at 133% of poverty. Until 2014, states are required to extend Medicaid eligibility to children under 6 years old living in families with incomes at or below 133% of poverty ($29,327 for a family of four in 2009), and to children ages 6-18 living in families with incomes at or below 100% of poverty. States also have authority to expand Medicaid eligibility beyond these minimum standards, and many states have used this authority to reach more children.
Full brief: Health Coverage of Children (PDF | 466KB) 
Kaiser Family Foundation. (2010). Health coverage of children: the role of Medicaid and CHIP.
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