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Dynamics In Medicaid And SCHIP Eligibility Among Children In SCHIP's Early Years: Implications For Reauthorization

Anna S. Sommers ^1*, Lisa Dubay ², Linda J. Blumberg ³, Fredric E. Blavin ⁴, John L. Czajka ⁵

¹ Anna Sommers is a research associate at the Health Policy Center, Urban Institute, in Washington, D.C.
² Lisa Dubay is an associate professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, in Baltimore, Maryland.
³ Linda Blumberg is a principal research associate in the Health Policy Center, Urban Institute.
⁴ Fredric Blavin is a doctoral student at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia.
⁵ John Czajka is a senior fellow at Mathematica Policy Research in Washington, D.C.

^*Corresponding author.

Abstract

Two-thirds of children in the United States were income-eligible for Medicaid or the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) at some point from 1996 to 2000. One in five children were income-eligible for both programs, and 73 percent of children ever eligible for SCHIP were eligible at other times for Medicaid. As SCHIP is reauthorized, Congress will need to give states the tools and financial commitment to assure that uninsured children are enrolled in and retain the coverage for which they are eligible. [Health Affairs 26, no. 5 (2007): w598-w607 (published 7 August 2007; 10.1377/hlthaff.26.5.w598)]

Key Words: Access To Care, Business Of Health, Consumer Issues, Health Reform, Research And Technology, Insurance Coverage - Children , Managed Care - Medicaid, Maternal And Child Health, State/Local Issues, Insurance Market

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