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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December 1, 1999 Assuring That Child Health Applications Do Not Deter Enrollment Among Eligible Children in Noncitizen FamiliesThe high uninsured rate among children from non-citizen families must be addressed in initiatives to lower substantially the number of uninsured children are to be successful. An estimated one in five children is either an immigrant or has at least one immigrant parent, and the percentage of children living in non-citizen families who lack health insurance coverage is growing. The low rates of coverage among low-income children in non-citizen families is due to many factors, most having nothing to do with children’s eligibility for coverage. Although changes in federal laws did result in large numbers of immigrant losing access to public benefits, citizen children living with immigrant parents continue to be eligible for Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program. Source: Southern Institute on Children and Families Citation: Cochran, Michelle, and Cindy Mann. Assuring That Child Health Applications Do Not Deter Enrollment Among Eligible Children in Non-Citizen Families. Columbia, SC: Covering Kids National Program Office, Southern Institute on Children and Families, December 1999. |
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