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Direct linkBansak, Cynthia; Raphael, Steven – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2007
We evaluate the effects of state policy design features on SCHIP take-up rates and on the degree to which SCHIP benefits crowd out private benefits. The results indicate overall program take-up rates of approximately 10 percent. However, there is considerable heterogeneity across states, suggesting a potential role of inter-state variation in…
Descriptors: Public Health, Health Insurance, Children, State Programs
Edmunds, Margo; Teitelbaum, Martha; Gleason, Cassy – 2000
The State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) was designed in 1997 to support working families by providing affordable, quality health coverage for their children in an efficient, effective, and coordinated way. This report examines the progress made in implementing CHIP nationwide. Information sources included the following: (1) federal…
Descriptors: Child Health, Children, Comparative Analysis, Health Insurance
Download full textLutzky, Amy Westpfahl; Hill, Ian – 2003
Under the State Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), states have the option to subsidize employer premiums for low-income workers with children. Given the potential for subsidized employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) programs to reduce the number of uninsured children, this study examined SCHIPs regulations and state experiences with premium…
Descriptors: Child Health, Children, Fringe Benefits, Health Insurance
Ullman, 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
Rosenbach, Margo; Ellwood, Marilyn; Irvin, Carol; Young, Cheryl; Conroy, Wendy; Quinn, Brian; Kell, Megan – 2003
The State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) provides funds to states to expand health insurance coverage for low-income children who are uninsured. States have a great deal of flexibility to design and implement SCHIP, resulting in considerable diversity across states. Enrollment reached 3.4 million in federal fiscal year 2000 and…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Child Health, Children, Eligibility
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 2000
Health problems impede the academic performance of many children. Schools are in a unique position to help their state's Medicaid and children's health insurance programs connect with parents who lack health insurance for their children. This guide provides suggestions for identifying eligible children, informing parents of free or low-cost…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Child Health, Children
Allen, Kathryn G. – 2002
This report reviews work by the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG), which evaluated the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), including whether children are being enrolled inappropriately in SCHIP rather than in Medicaid, and states' progress in reducing the number of uninsured children. This…
Descriptors: Child Health, Children, Enrollment, Evaluation Methods
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
Wolfe, Barbara; Scrivner, Scott – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2005
In this paper, we explore whether the specific design of a state's program has contributed to its success in meeting two objectives of the Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP): increasing the health insurance coverage of children in lower-income families and doing so with a minimum reduction in their private health insurance coverage…
Descriptors: State Programs, Poverty, Eligibility, Health Insurance
Dunbar, Jennifer L.; Sloane, Harvey I.; Mueller, Curt D. – 1999
The state Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) funds state programs to help low-income, uninsured children overcome financial barriers to medical care. Previous research found that rural children were more likely to be uninsured than urban children. This report examines the implementation of CHIP and related outreach, enrollment, and…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, American Indians, Children, Economically Disadvantaged
