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Health Insurance: Medicaid & SCHIP

Availability of health services is critical to every family, including families involved with the child welfare system. Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) are two Federal-State health insurance and services programs for low-income children, youth, and families. Both are valuable resources, but too few families are aware they are available.

• Medicaid
• SCHIP

Insure Kids Now! U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Links users to free and low-cost health insurance for infants, children, and teens, available through Medicaid or SCHIP in every State. Includes information on eligibility, applications, coverage, and effects of immigration status. Information and assistance also available through the national toll-free hotline at 1.877.KIDS.NOW (1.877.543.7669). En Español. Health Insurance & Child Welfare Factsheet Child Welfare League of America Factsheet on the importance of health insurance, especially for children and families involved with the child welfare system.

Medicaid

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: Medicaid Eligibility
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Overview of Medicaid eligibility.

Medicaid Benefits: Online Database
Kaiser Family Foundation
An interactive database with information provided by each State's Medicaid program. Includes details on benefits, limits, co-payments, and reimbursement methods.

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SCHIP

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: SCHIP
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
The State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), Title XXI of the Social Security Act, was enacted in 1997 to address the growing problem of children without health insurance. SCHIP was designed as a Federal/State partnership, similar to Medicaid, with the goal of offering health insurance to children whose families earn too much money to be eligible for Medicaid but not enough to purchase private insurance.

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Updated on December 7, 2007