Brief The New Children's Health Insurance Program
Should States Expand Medicaid?
Alan Weil
Download
(140.16 KB)
Add Urban on Google
States have a great deal of flexibility in how they design their new State Children's Health Insurance Programs (S-CHIP), enacted as part of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. This brief explores the implications of using the new matching funds to expand Medicaid or to develop or expand current separate health insurance programs.
Research and Evidence Health Policy Family and Financial Well-Being
Expertise Reproductive and Maternal Health Aging, Medicare, and Long-Term Care Early Childhood
Tags Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program  Children's health and development Children and youth