Children's Health Insurance Program

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Almanac of Policy Issues: CHIP - Background information and links on the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).

Covering Kids & Families - National health access initiative for low-income, uninsured children, offering information on child health outreach, enrollment, and simplification strategies.

Families USA - Provides advocacy for consumers of family health care by acting as a watchdog over children's payer programs

FAMIS, Family Access to Medical Insurance Security Plan - 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.

Insure Kids Now - A White House initiative managed by the Department of Health and Human Services to insure America's children.

Maryland Covering Kids - Maryland Covering Kids aids enrollment of children into public and private health insurance through outreach activities.

Maternal & Child's Health Policy - Specializes in issues affecting children, including those with special health care needs and those from low-income families.

National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health - Research center at Georgetown University. Issue papers on outreach and CHIP.

SD Children's Special Health Services - Use this page to find out about diagnostic, consultative, and care coordination services for children with special health care needs, including financial assistance

West Virginia Healthy Kids and Families Coalition - 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.

Children's Health Care - An estimated 10 million children have no medical insurance. Online NewsHour Transcript with Elizabeth Farnsworth and two health care experts. (August 27, 1997)