Resuming the path to health coverage for children and parents: a 50 state update on eligibility rules, enrollment and renewal procedures, and cost-sharing practices in Medicaid and SCHIP in 2006

Several states raised premiums for children's health coverage or targeted them to lower-income familles, although these changes were less substantial than in recent years. Idaho, Indiana, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania took at least one of these steps. Although Indiana double...

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Published inMedical Benefits Vol. 24; no. 6; p. 4
Main Author Ross, Donna Cohen
Format Newsletter Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Aspen Publishers, Inc 30.03.2007
Subjects
Beneficiaries
Children
Childrens health insurance programs
Dependents
Employee benefits
Families & family life
Family income
Health care policy
Indigent care
Medicaid
Medicare
Parents & parenting
Reforms
Uninsured people
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Summary:Several states raised premiums for children's health coverage or targeted them to lower-income familles, although these changes were less substantial than in recent years. Idaho, Indiana, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania took at least one of these steps. Although Indiana doubled its premium and Idaho targets premiums to families with lower incomes than in the past, most premium increases were modest. Research has shown that premiums depress participation in Medicaid.
ISSN:0743-8079