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Using data from the National Survey of America's Families, this paper examines insurance coverage changes for Medicaid-eligible citizen children between 1997 and 1999, early in the implementation of federal welfare reform. More than 20 million children qualified for Medicaid, but many were uninsured. Insurance coverage deteriorated for eligible children between 1997 and 1999, largely due to dramatic declines in cash assistance participation. This paper shows that following federal welfare reform, states have faced new challenges reaching and enrolling the growing numbers of eligible children who are not connected with the welfare system. (Haley, Jennifer, and Genevieve Kenney. Summer 2003. "Coverage Gaps for Medicaid-Eligible Children in the Wake of Federal Welfare Reform." Inquiry 40(2): 158-168.)

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