TY - JOUR
T1 - Simplifying children's Medicaid and SCHIP
T2 - What helps? What hurts? What's next for the states?
AU - Kronebusch, Karl
AU - Elbel, Brian
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2004/5
Y1 - 2004/5
N2 - The states have implemented the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) in a variety of ways. We describe these choices and estimate the resulting enrollment impacts. Many widely adopted policies, including mail-in applications and twelve-month continuous eligibility, have had limited impacts. Other policies that increase enrollment, including presumptive eligibility and self-declaration of income, have not been widely adopted. SCHIP programs administered as Medicaid expansions have been more successful in enrolling children than either separate SCHIP plans or combination programs. Waiting periods, premiums, and welfare reform have had important negative impacts on children's program enrollment.
AB - The states have implemented the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) in a variety of ways. We describe these choices and estimate the resulting enrollment impacts. Many widely adopted policies, including mail-in applications and twelve-month continuous eligibility, have had limited impacts. Other policies that increase enrollment, including presumptive eligibility and self-declaration of income, have not been widely adopted. SCHIP programs administered as Medicaid expansions have been more successful in enrolling children than either separate SCHIP plans or combination programs. Waiting periods, premiums, and welfare reform have had important negative impacts on children's program enrollment.
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U2 - 10.1377/hlthaff.23.3.233
DO - 10.1377/hlthaff.23.3.233
M3 - Review article
C2 - 15160822
AN - SCOPUS:2442652906
VL - 23
SP - 233
EP - 246
JO - Health Affairs
JF - Health Affairs
SN - 0278-2715
IS - 3
ER -