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Medicaid: Demographics of Nonenrolled Children Suggest State Outreach Strategies

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date March 20, 1998
Report No. HEHS-98-93
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Summary:

Health insurance has become an increasingly important way to provide children with access to adequate health care. Yet in 1996, 10.6 million children were uninsured. Congress has sought to insure more children by committing more than $20 billion to fund state expansions of children's health insurance--either through the Medicaid program or through insurance programs developed by the states. However, many uninsured children who are eligible for Medicaid are not enrolled. This report (1) examines the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of children who qualify for Medicaid and identifies groups in which uninsured children are concentrated and to whom outreach efforts might be targeted; (2) determines the reasons these children are not enrolled in Medicaid; and (3) identifies strategies that states and communities are using to boost enrollment.

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