Center for Children and Families

Georgetown

Reaching Eligible But Uninsured Children

Resources

All documents are available in PDF format unless otherwise noted. Additional Outreach and Enrollment research is available in the Research section.

On the Web Site

Facts and Statistics:

State Close-Ups:

Louisiana (HTML)
Pennsylvania (HTML)

Strategies:

Maintaining Coverage for Children: Retention Strategies (HTML)
Coordinating Medicaid and SCHIP (HTML)

Federal Regulations

Screen and Enroll: 42 CFR 457.350
Coordination: 42 CFR 457.80
Ex Parte: Letter from Health Care Financing Administration to State Medicaid Directors, April 7, 2000
Supporting Families in Transition, A Guide to Expanding Health Coverage in the Post-Welfare Reform World, Health Care Financing Administration-now Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services
Continuing the Progress: Enrolling and Retaining Low-Income Families and Children in Health Care Coverage, Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services

Research: About Eligible but Uninsured Children

Children's Eligibility and Coverage: Recent Trends and a Look Ahead
Julie Hudson and Thomas Selden, Health Affairs
September 2007
Making Sense of Recent Estimates of Eligible but Uninsured Children
Lisa Dubay, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
August 2007
Coverage Patterns Among SCHIP-Eligible Children and Their Parents
Genevieve Kenney and Allison Cook, Urban Institute
February 2007
Characteristics of the Uninsured: Who is Eligible for Public Coverage and Who Needs Help Affording Coverage
John Holahan, Allison Cook, and Lisa Dubay, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
February 2007
The Uninsured and the Affordability of Health Insurance Coverage
Lisa Dubay, John Holahan, and Allison Cook, Health Affairs
November 2006

Research: Outreach/Enrollment Strategies

Emerging Health Information Technology for Children in Medicaid and SCHIP Programs
Beth Morrow, The Children's Partnership and the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
November 2008
Health Coverage for Children and Families in Medicaid and SCHIP: State Efforts Face New Hurdles
Donna Cohen Ross, Aleya Horn, and Caryn Marks, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
January 2008
Making Real Gains for Children: Strategies for Reaching the More Than Six Million Uninsured Children Eligible for Medicaid/SCHIP
Center for Children and Families
June 2007
Harnessing Technology to Improve Medicaid and SCHIP Enrollment and Retention Practices
Beth Morrow and Dawn Horner, The Children's Partnership and Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
May 2007
Promising Practices from the Nation's Single Largest Effort to Insure Eligible Children and Adults Through Public Health
Covering Kids and Families National Program Office and the Southern Institute on Children and Families
April 2007
Reaching Out: Enrolling and Keeping Kids in the SCHIP Program
Alliance for Health Reform
February 2007
Opening Doorways to Health Care for Children: 10 Steps to Ensure Eligible but Uninsured Children Get Health Insurance
Dawn Horner and Beth Morrow, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured and The Children's Partnership
April 2006
Enrolling Eligible Children and Keeping Them Enrolled
Donna Cohen Ross and Ian Hill, Future of Children
April 2003

Research: Medicaid Citizenship Documentation

Assessing the Effects of Medicaid Documentation Requirements on Health Centers and Their Patients: Results of a Second Wave Surv
Lee Repasch, Brad Finnegan, Peter Shin, and Sara Rosenbaum, The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services
October 2008
Medicaid Citizenship Documentation
April Grady, Congressional Research Service
October 2007
Medicaid Documentation Requirement Disproportionately Harms Non-Hispanics, New State Data Show
Donna Cohen Ross, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
July 2007
Citizenship Documentation Requirement Resulted in Enrollment Declines for Eligible Citizens and Posed Administrative Barriers
Government Accountability Office
July 2007
An Initial Assessment of the Effects of Medicaid Documentation Requirements on Health Centers and Their Patients
Peter Shin, Brad Finnegan, Lauren Hughes, and Sara Rosenbaum, The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services
May 2007
Unintended Consequences: The Impact of New Medicaid Citizenship Documentation Requirements on Virginia's Children
Virginia Health Care Foundation
May 2007
New Medicaid Citizenship Documentation Requirement is Taking a Toll
Donna Cohen Ross, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
March 2007
The New Medicaid Citizenship Documentation Requirement: A Brief Overview
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
September 2006
New HHS Regulations Focus Medicaid Documentation Requirement on U.S. Citizen Families
Judith Solomon and Andy Schneider, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
July 2006

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Reaching Eligible But Uninsured Children

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Summary

Where States Stand

About Eligible but Uninsured Children

Strategies

Resources

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Center for Children and Families

Georgetown

Search

Reaching Eligible But Uninsured Children

Resources

Summary Where States Stand About Eligible but Uninsured Children Strategies Resources Download Brief (PDF)

Summary

Where States Stand

About Eligible but Uninsured Children

Strategies

Resources

Download Brief (PDF)