For almost 20 years, CHIP has been an essential program providing low- to moderate-income children and pregnant women with appropriate, affordable coverage that with Medicaid has drastically reduced the number of uninsured children nationwide. The coming months will be an important time period for children’s coverage because without Congressional action federal funding for CHIP is not guaranteed beyond September 2017. Many state Medicaid and CHIP officials are already beginning to consider what options may be available to their states if funding for CHIP is delayed or not extended.
With support from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, NASHP has developed a number of resources that highlight states’ CHIP programs and some of the current policy questions that may be useful as state and federal policymakers consider what the future holds for children’s coverage.
- NEW! 2016 CHIP State Fact Sheets Released
With help from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), NASHP is releasing 2016 CHIP fact sheets that provide up-to-date information about CHIP for each state, including data on enrollment, participation rates, eligibility levels, benefits, cost sharing requirements, and other key program characteristics.
- A Closer Look at Policy Options
Our recently released Potential Options and Policy Questions for Improving Exchange Coverage for Children that examines ways for improving exchange coverage for children in terms of both affordability and pediatric benefit adequacy, which builds upon the policy options identified in this previous NASHP brief.
- A Timeline if Federal CHIP Funding Ends
This CHIP timeline based on input from state CHIP officials that outlines key budgetary, statutory, and programmatic issues and changes that states with separate CHIP programs would need to consider and/or implement if future federal funding for CHIP remains uncertain.
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