Children S Health Insurance

Author : Institute of Medicine and National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Committee on Children, Health Insurance, and Access to Care
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1998-10-27
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309173933

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America's Children by Institute of Medicine and National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Committee on Children, Health Insurance, and Access to Care Pdf

America's Children is a comprehensive, easy-to-read analysis of the relationship between health insurance and access to care. The book addresses three broad questions: How is children's health care currently financed? Does insurance equal access to care? How should the nation address the health needs of this vulnerable population? America's Children explores the changing role of Medicaid under managed care; state-initiated and private sector children's insurance programs; specific effects of insurance status on the care children receive; and the impact of chronic medical conditions and special health care needs. It also examines the status of "safety net" health providers, including community health centers, children's hospitals, school-based health centers, and others and reviews the changing patterns of coverage and tax policy options to increase coverage of private-sector, employer-based health insurance. In response to growing public concerns about uninsured children, last year Congress voted to provide $24 billion over five years for new state insurance initiatives. This volume will serve as a primer for concerned federal policymakers and regulators, state agency officials, health plan decisionmakers, health care providers, children's health advocates, and researchers.

Author : Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Care Services,Committee on the Consequences of Uninsurance
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2002-09-18
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309169059

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Health Insurance is a Family Matter by Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Care Services,Committee on the Consequences of Uninsurance Pdf

Health Insurance is a Family Matter is the third of a series of six reports on the problems of uninsurance in the United Sates and addresses the impact on the family of not having health insurance. The book demonstrates that having one or more uninsured members in a family can have adverse consequences for everyone in the household and that the financial, physical, and emotional well-being of all members of a family may be adversely affected if any family member lacks coverage. It concludes with the finding that uninsured children have worse access to and use fewer health care services than children with insurance, including important preventive services that can have beneficial long-term effects.

Author : Institute of Medicine,National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Committee on Evaluation of Children's Health
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2004-10-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780309166607

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Children's Health, the Nation's Wealth by Institute of Medicine,National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Committee on Evaluation of Children's Health Pdf

Children's health has clearly improved over the past several decades. Significant and positive gains have been made in lowering rates of infant mortality and morbidity from infectious diseases and accidental causes, improved access to health care, and reduction in the effects of environmental contaminants such as lead. Yet major questions still remain about how to assess the status of children's health, what factors should be monitored, and the appropriate measurement tools that should be used. Children's Health, the Nation's Wealth: Assessing and Improving Child Health provides a detailed examination of the information about children's health that is needed to help policy makers and program providers at the federal, state, and local levels. In order to improve children's health-and, thus, the health of future generations-it is critical to have data that can be used to assess both current conditions and possible future threats to children's health. This compelling book describes what is known about the health of children and what is needed to expand the knowledge. By strategically improving the health of children, we ensure healthier future generations to come.

Author : David G. Smith
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351485135

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The Children's Health Insurance Program by David G. Smith Pdf

The Children's Health Insurance Program was crafted in a period of intense partisan and ideological controversy over health care entitlements to provide -creditable coverage- for American children below 200 percent of the Federal Poverty Level. This objective was widely supported, though achieved only by a compromise between the structural alternatives of a block grant, similar to the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant or an entitlement resembling Medicaid. According to David G. Smith, the CHIP compromise has been a successful experiment that far exceeded expectations, both in identifying and enrolling -targeted low-income children- and in earning political capital. He argues that beyond this core mission, the reauthorization of CHIPRA (Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009) invites a larger mission: going beyond enrollment of children to include assuring access, improving quality, and containing costs of health care for them. Extending this thrust, the author notes that CHIP could be used to establish children's health as a niche--much like care for the elderly--within the larger scheme of health care insurance for all. Several areas of successful performance needed for the program to be adjudged a success as well as its limitations are discussed in the book. These areas include initial implementation, enrolling kids, federal-state relations, and the uses and misuses of waivers to modify the program. A description of changes made by the CHIPRA reauthorization and the new Patient Protection Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is also included. This is followed by a consideration of lessons learned from CHIP's evolution and recommendations for future development. In short, this is a valuable and readable account for those interested in the current and future trends of health care for the young.

Author : United States Government Accountability Office
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2017-12-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1981751521

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Children's Health Insurance Program by United States Government Accountability Office Pdf

Children's Health Insurance Program: Effects on Coverage and Access, and Considerations for Extending Funding

Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1422325024

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State Children’s Health Insurance Program by Anonim Pdf

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) offers information on the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), whose central objective is to improve children's health status and reduce health disparities. AAP highlights related fact sheets, what is covered in SCHIP, outreach, and SCHIP eligibility.

Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on National Statistics,Panel for the Workshop on the State Children's Health Insurance Program
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2002-06-26
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309182942

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Data Needs for the State Children's Health Insurance Program by National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on National Statistics,Panel for the Workshop on the State Children's Health Insurance Program Pdf

The State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) was established by Congress to provide health insurance to uninsured children whose family income was too high for Medicaid coverage but too low to allow the family to obtain private health insurance coverage. The enabling legislation for SCHIP, included in the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, made available to states (and the District of Columbia) almost $40 billion over a 10-year period for this program. Like Medicaid, SCHIP is a joint federal-state program, with funding from both sources, but it is implemented by the states. Thus, there are SCHIP programs in all of the states and the District of Columbia. The National Research Council, through the Committee on National Statistics, was asked to explore some of the ways in which data analysis could be used to promote achievement of the SCHIP goal of expanding health insurance coverage for uninsured children from low-income families. To inform its work, the panel for this project held a workshop to bring together state SCHIP officials and researchers to share findings and methods that would inform the design, implementation, and evaluation of SCHIP at the state and national levels. In keeping with this charge, this report is limited to discussions at the workshop. It does not attempt to provide a summary of all the state programs nor a comprehensive review of the literature. Data Needs for the State Children's Health Insurance Program concludes that data are insufficient in the individual states to provide a clear picture of the impact of SCHIP on the number of children who are eligible for the program, the rate at which eligible children are enrolled in the program, and the rate at which they are retained in the program once enrolled. This situation is due, in part, to the fact that sample sizes in national surveys are too small to provide detailed data for individual states. In addition, the great amount of movement of children among health insurance categories-Medicaid, SCHIP, private insurance, or no insurance at all-makes it difficult for states to count the number of children in specific categories at a particular point in time. The panel specifies a number of practices that could be implemented to improve the overall functioning of SCHIP and the ability of policy makers to evaluate the program. Foremost among these are: (1) developing more uniform ways of estimating eligibility and health insurance coverage among the states; (2) sharing among the states effective methods for outreach; (3) taking qualitative information into account, in addition to quantitative information, in assessing variation among states in enrollment and disenrollment; and (4) implementing longitudinal studies to track the movement of children among the various insurance statuses.

Author : United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Child health services
ISBN : UOM:39015047737781

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Health Insurance for Children by United States. General Accounting Office Pdf

Author : United States Government Accountability Office
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2018-01-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1983613126

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Children's Health Insurance by United States Government Accountability Office Pdf

Children's Health Insurance: Information on Coverage of Services, Costs to Consumers, and Access to Care in CHIP and Other Sources of Insurance

Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 142239946X

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State Children’s Health Insurance Program: Program Structure, Enrollment and Expenditure Experiences, and Outreach Approaches for States That Cover Adults by Anonim Pdf

Author : Institute of Medicine and National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Committee on Children, Health Insurance, and Access to Care
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1998-11-27
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309065603

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America's Children by Institute of Medicine and National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Committee on Children, Health Insurance, and Access to Care Pdf

America's Children is a comprehensive, easy-to-read analysis of the relationship between health insurance and access to care. The book addresses three broad questions: How is children's health care currently financed? Does insurance equal access to care? How should the nation address the health needs of this vulnerable population? America's Children explores the changing role of Medicaid under managed care; state-initiated and private sector children's insurance programs; specific effects of insurance status on the care children receive; and the impact of chronic medical conditions and special health care needs. It also examines the status of "safety net" health providers, including community health centers, children's hospitals, school-based health centers, and others and reviews the changing patterns of coverage and tax policy options to increase coverage of private-sector, employer-based health insurance. In response to growing public concerns about uninsured children, last year Congress voted to provide $24 billion over five years for new state insurance initiatives. This volume will serve as a primer for concerned federal policymakers and regulators, state agency officials, health plan decisionmakers, health care providers, children's health advocates, and researchers.

Author : United States Government Accountability Office
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1982001763

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Children's Health Insurance by United States Government Accountability Office Pdf

Children's Health Insurance: Coverage of Services and Costs to Consumers in Selected CHIP and Private Health Plans in Five States

Author : National Research Council and Institute of Medicine,Institute of Medicine,Committee on Children, Health Insurance, and Access to Care
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1998-11-27
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309061490

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Systems of Accountability by National Research Council and Institute of Medicine,Institute of Medicine,Committee on Children, Health Insurance, and Access to Care Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Child health services
ISBN : STANFORD:36105045287948

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Health Care Coverage for Children by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance Pdf

Author : United States
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Child health services
ISBN : UCR:31210024724468

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Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 by United States Pdf