Society, Issues, Health, Health Policy, Children\'s Health Insurance Program
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- Research center at Georgetown University. This site includes issue papers on outreach and CHIP.
- SCHIP page of APHA, the oldest and largest organization of public health professionals.
- Official federal site devoted to the Children's Health Insurance Program.
- The story of Tylor, who has club foot, and how he fell through the cracks of the Canadian Health care system.
- FAMIS is Virginia's new low-cost health insurance for children whose families earn too much to qualify for Medicaid but do not have private health insurance.
- Provides advocacy for consumers of family health care by acting as a watchdog over children's payer programs
- An estimated 10 million children have no medical insurance. Online NewsHour Transcript with Elizabeth Farnsworth and two health care experts.
- A number of articles within the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Health Policy.
- National health access initiative for low-income, uninsured children, offering information on child health outreach, enrollment, and simplification strategies.
- Specializes in issues affecting children, including those with special health care needs and those from low-income families.
- Background information and links on the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
- Outreach program that facilitates enrollment of children in Medicaid and other insurance programs
- Maryland Covering Kids aids enrollment of children into public and private health insurance through outreach activities.
- A White House initiative managed by the Department of Health and Human Services to insure America's children.
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