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Children's Health Insurance Program

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Provides advocacy for consumers of family health care by acting as a watchdog over children's payer programs
http://www.familiesusa.org

A number of articles within the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Health Policy.
http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/health/kids.htm

FAMIS is Virginia's new low-cost health insurance for children whose families earn too much to qualify for Medicaid but do not have private health insurance.
http://www.famis.org

SCHIP page of APHA, the oldest and largest organization of public health professionals.
http://www.apha.org/ppp/schip/

Specializes in issues affecting children, including those with special health care needs and those from low-income families.
http://www.mchpolicy.org

An estimated 10 million children have no medical insurance. Online NewsHour Transcript with Elizabeth Farnsworth and two health care experts.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/h...july-dec97/healthcare_8-25a.html

Background information and links on the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
http://www.policyalmanac.org/health/chip.shtml

Outreach program that facilitates enrollment of children in Medicaid and other insurance programs
http://www.childrenshealthmatters.org

Official federal site devoted to the Children's Health Insurance Program.
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/schip/

Research center at Georgetown University. This site includes issue papers on outreach and CHIP.
http://www.ncemch.org/

National health access initiative for low-income, uninsured children, offering information on child health outreach, enrollment, and simplification strategies.
http://www.coveringkids.org/

Maryland Covering Kids aids enrollment of children into public and private health insurance through outreach activities.
http://www.umaryland.edu/ckids/

A diverse group of individuals, agencies and organizations, both private and public, committed to improving access to quality health care for West Virginia’s children and families.
http://www.wvhealthykids.org/

A prevention program in response to high infant mortality rates, low birth weight babies, inadequate health care for women of child bearing age and their families in rural areas in SC.
http://www.peedeehealthystart.org