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Logo of the Department of Health and Human Services. The Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) – formerly known as the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) – is a program administered by the United States Department of Health and Human Services that provides matching funds to states for health insurance to families with children. [1]
Prior to the passage of HMK, around 37,000 children in Montana lacked health insurance. [8] Of the Montana children living in poverty, 29 percent were uninsured. [1] Between 2007 and 2009, CHIP eligibility was capped at families that were at or below 175 percent of the federal poverty level. [10] [11] [12] CHIP covered 16,000 Montana children. [8]
On the 10th anniversary of the application of CHIP in 2008, Utah has insured 134,735 children, and that year the average monthly enrollment was 34,588. During FY 2010, the monthly enrollment was at 42,006 and the average cost per child for coverage was $1,812 per year, which is $151 per month. [10]
The separate CHIP programs cover 3.7 million children, 1.2 million of whom are expected to become uninsured because other sources of health care coverage would be unaffordable, according to MACPAC.
Orman suggests starting small by asking your child to pay their cell phone bill or their portion of the car insurance. But eventually, Orman wants you to start asking your child for a rent payment.
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About half of the children currently uninsured are eligible for Medicaid or CHIP coverage but have not been enrolled in these programs. In some cases, eligible children are not enrolled because their parents are unaware of the potential coverage or are reluctant to apply for public benefits.
The California Healthy Families Program (HFP) was the California implementation of the federal Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) that provided low-cost insurance offering health, dental, and vision coverage to children without insurance that did not qualify for Medi-Cal. [1]