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Almanac of Policy Issues: CHIP Description: Background information and links on the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). (policyalmanac.org) |
American Public Health Association: SCHIP and Public Health Description: SCHIP page of APHA, the oldest and largest organization of public health professionals. (apha.org) |
Children's Health Care Description: An estimated 10 million children have no medical insurance. Online NewsHour Transcript with Elizabeth Farnsworth and two health care experts. (pbs.org) |
Children's Health Insurance Issues Description: A number of articles within the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Health Policy. (aspe.os.dhhs.gov) |
Children's Health Matters Description: Outreach program that facilitates enrollment of children in Medicaid and other insurance programs (childrenshealthmatters.org) |
Covering Kids Description: National health access initiative for low-income, uninsured children, offering information on child health outreach, enrollment, and simplification strategies. (coveringkids.org) |
Families USA Description: Provides advocacy for consumers of family health care by acting as a watchdog over children's payer programs (familiesusa.org) |
FAMIS, Family Access to Medical Insurance Security Plan Description: 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. (famis.org) |
Health Care Financing Administration: CHIP Description: Official federal site devoted to the Children's Health Insurance Program. (cms.hhs.gov) |
Insure Kids Now Description: A White House initiative managed by the Department of Health and Human Services to insure America's children. (insurekidsnow.gov) |
Maryland Covering Kids Description: Maryland Covering Kids aids enrollment of children into public and private health insurance through outreach activities. (umaryland.edu) |
Maternal & Child's Health Policy Description: Specializes in issues affecting children, including those with special health care needs and those from low-income families. (mchpolicy.org) |
National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health Description: Research center at Georgetown University. This site includes issue papers on outreach and CHIP. (ncemch.org) |
Tylor Description: The story of Tylor, who has club foot, and how he fell through the cracks of the Canadian Health care system. (baby04.com) |