Note: As of July 1, 2007, Covering Kids & Families has closed. For current information about the uninsured in America, please visit RWJF Coverage.
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Note: As of July 1, 2007, Covering Kids & Families has closed. For current information about the uninsured in America, please visit RWJF Coverage.
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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. 
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August 9, 2006 Recording of the Covering Kids & Families Deficit Reduction Act Technical Assistance Conference CallSource: Southern Institute on Children and Families A recording of the CKF Deficit Reduction Act Technical Assistance Conference Call, held Friday, July 28, 2006 is now available. The recording is available in streaming audio using RealPlayer. If you do not have RealPlayer you may download it for free. The topic of the call was Medicaid eligibility citizenship and identity verification requirements of the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA). It featured a panel of experts including Judith Solomon from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, and representatives from the New York State Department of Health, a state which has experience requiring proof of citizenship for Medicaid eligibility and the Iowa Department of Human Services, a state which is in the process of developing a process for implementing the citizenship and identity requirements. If you experience difficulty accessing the streaming audio, please send us an email. Related Links Monitoring the Effects of the Medicaid Citizenship Documentation Requirement: Getting Monitoring Activities Underway by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities New York State Citizenship and Alien Status Requirements for the Medicaid Program Instructions issued in June 2006 by the New York State Office of Medicaid Management to local eligibility workers on the major differences between exiting citizenship documentation rules and the new CMS rules. |
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