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Covering All Children: Issues and Experience in State Policy Development
This State Health Policy Briefing describes some of the most common strategies states use to achieve universal children’s coverage, including expanding public programs and creating other opportunities for families with uninsured children, such as through buy-in programs and premium assistance programs. It is based primarily on interviews conducted with senior administrators from eight state Medicaid or State Children’s Health Insurance Programs (SCHIP) in California, Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Washington. These states have been among those in the vanguard of pursuing the goal of covering all children and youth.May 2008 -
SCHIP Buy-In Programs
This brief examines key elements of the seven state SCHIP buy-in programs in operation in 2005. The buy-in programs are designed to fill a coverage gap created when children leave the SCHIP program due to loss of financial eligibility and then become uninsured because their families do not have access to employer coverage or cannot afford private coverage.May 2006 -
Using Medicaid to Cover the Uninsured: Medicaid Participant Buy-in Programs
This report briefly reviews findings from the health services research literature on issues related to charging premiums for public health coverage programs. Findings from an October 2002 survey of the 41 current Medicaid buy-in programs operated by 29 states also are presented. Finally, a discussion of the implications of the research findings from the perspectives of the state officials attending the expert meeting is presented. The group addressed practical and policy issues related to charging premiums for Medicaid and, more broadly, some topics pertinent to redesigning Medicaid.May 2003 -
Children’s Buy-In Programs
Monday, January 12, 20091:00 pm - 3:00 pmESTA buy-in program for children allows families with income greater than a state’s Medicaid and state children’s health insurance Program income eligibility levels to purchase coverage through a public plan for their children. A number of states have implemented child buy-in programs. National children coverage experts provide an explanation of children’s buy-in programs and consider the pros and cons of this coverage strategy.
Speakers
Dawn Horner, Georgetown Center for Children and Families
State Child Buy-In Program: A SnapshotJenny Kenney, The Urban Institute
State Buy-In Program: Prospects and Challenges
