Fwd: [NHeLP] KFF: Health Coverage of Children - The Role of Medicaid and CHIP
Sara Finger
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From: Deborah Reid
Date: Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Subject: [NHeLP] KFF: Health Coverage of Children - The Role of Medicaid and CHIP
To: re...@healthlaw.org
The Kaiser Family Foundation’s (KFF) recent fact-sheet, Health Coverage of Children details the importance of Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for low-income children. Medicaid and CHIP currently cover about a third of all children (and over a half of all low-income children). However, KFF determined that about eight million children are still uninsured, but eligible for these programs. Among other findings, the fact-sheet shows that children are more likely to be uninsured if: they are racial or ethnic minorities; their families are low-income (below 200% of the federal poverty level); or if their families do not have employer-sponsored health insurance (or cannot afford the premiums).
Stay tuned for further NHeLP updates on the importance of Medicaid and the Medicaid expansions to underserved populations.
Deborah A. Reid Senior Attorney National Health Law Program 1444 Eye Street, NW Suite 1105 Washington, DC 20005
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