Children's health coverage in Arizona: a cautionary tale for the future of the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)

Children's health coverage in Arizona: a cautionary tale for the future of the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Author(s):
Burak, Elisabeth Wright, author
Contributor(s):
Georgetown University. Center for Children and Families issuing body.
Publication:
Washington, DC, : Health Policy Institute, Georgetown University Health Policy Institute, Center for Children and Families, January 2015
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Insurance Coverage -- statistics & numerical data
Child
Arizona
United States
State Children's Health Insurance Program (U.S.)
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
The Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and Medicaid have worked together to help bring children's health coverage to all-time highs, but this success is at risk with uncertainty about CHIP's future. No additional CHIP funds will be available to help states provide health coverage to children if Congress does not act to extend funding before October 2015. Arizona is the only state in the country without an active CHIP program, beginning with a 2010 enrollment freeze. This brief reviews Arizona's policy changes since 2010, drawing on focus groups with Arizona families as well as a comparison of CHIP and marketplace costs. The state's recent history with CHIP offers a glimpse of what could happen in other states if CHIP funding is left to sunset or is not extended early enough in the budget cycle for states to continue covering children without disruption. As policymakers debate the future of CHIP, Arizona's experience suggests: CHIP eligibility rollbacks or new program restrictions could make more children uninsured or create coverage disruptions that keep them from getting the care they need.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (9 pages))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
101676191 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101676191