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May 6, 2013 | Program Result Report
The Covering Kids & Families program was designed to find, enroll and retain eligible children and adults in federal and state health care coverage programs. Statewide and local coalitions in all 50 states and the District of Columbia participated.
April 1, 2013 | Journal Article
A CHIP expansion simulation finds sensitivity to higher contributions for higher income families.
March 25, 2013 | Program Result Report
Researchers at the Hilltop Institute evaluated the implementation of Maryland’s tax-based outreach initiative, the Kids First Act, and how well the state achieved its goal of identifying and enrolling uninsured children eligible for Medicaid or CHIP.
December 3, 2012 | Report
The report presents the most up-to-date estimates available on Medicaid/CHIP participation rates, and examines how participation, eligibility, and rates of being insured have changed among children between 2008 and 2010 and examines participation rates among parents.
February 16, 2012 | Program Result Report
Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Washington were among the first to offer CHIP to children in families earning more than 200 percent of the federal poverty line. Researchers at UCLA and the RAND Corp. evaluated the impact of this effort.
August 1, 2011 | Report
Report shows more eligible kids enrolling in public health insurance coverage programs.
July 21, 2011 | Journal Article
Despite the importance of affordability to universal access to health insurance coverage, there is wide variability in what is considered affordable.
January 26, 2011 | Program Result Report
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Emergency Department Consistent Care Program was established under the Foundation's Access Initiative, which awarded grants to 18 sites participating in the Covering Kids & Families national program.
October 18, 2010 | Program Result Report
The Urban Institute researched policy options and produced a policy paper to help states implement "automated enrollment," a strategy designed to ensure that eligible children enroll in publicly supported health insurance programs.
October 8, 2010 | Program Result Report
In January 2009, with the U.S. Congress and president Barack Obama's new administration preparing to consider national health care legislation, Families USA organized Health Action 2009 around the theme "Winning Historic Health Care Reform."