Note: As of July 1, 2007, Covering Kids & Families has closed. For current information about the uninsured in America, please visit RWJF Coverage.
  Robert Wood Johnson Foundation :: Cover the Uninsured Week  
Covering Kids & Families

Site Map
Policy Center
Are You Uninsured?

You and your children may be eligible for low-cost or free health insurance! Programs exist in every state and the District of Columbia. For information about low-cost and free children's health coverage, visit insurekidsnow.gov. For information on coverage for adults, read the Guides to Finding Health Insurance Coverage in Your State from Cover the Uninsured.

Insure Kids Now

Promising Strategies

Texas - Covering Kids & Families in Houston
Free billboard advertising through a successful partnership
Read more


Get Email Updates

Covering Kids & Families is no longer open to subscribers. Please visit covertheuninsured.org to sign up for e-mail updates on the issue of the uninsured.

June 16, 2003

Maintaining the Gains

The Importance of Preserving Coverage in Medicaid and SCHIP

This paper presents evidence on why it is important to maintain the gains that have been made over the past several years in improving access to public health coverage by eligible children and families, and build on the improvements in Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program coverage for children and families. Substantial research evidences shows that expanding eligibility for and enrollment in Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program have important benefits for the children and families who are directly affected by the program, as well as for the communities in which they live.

Source: Southern Institute on Children and Families

Citation: O’Brien, Ellen and Cindy Mann. Maintaining the Gains: The Importance of Preserving Coverage in Medicaid and SCHIP. Columbia, SC: Covering Kids & Families National Program Office, Southern Institute on Children and Families, June 2003.

View Complete Document

Copyright Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

About CKF ::  Policy Center ::  What You Can Do ::  Press Room ::  Communications Action Center
Promising Strategies ::  Materials & Downloads ::  Materiales en Español