Health Insurance

• State Child Health Insurance Program (SCHIP): US government portal for state children’s health insurance programs. Information is provided for government officials, professionals, consumers has additional links to Medicaid, Medicare and other programs.
• Insure Kids Now , Health Resources and Services Administration, US DHHS: Provides information and links to sources of low-cost or free health insurance for children, state programs and information for people with immigration concerns.

• Consumer information on how to choose a health plan Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Scroll down to "Helath Plans."
• Covering Kids and Families: Fact Sheet on Children's Health Care coverage.  Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

• Striving to Make ends Meet: Low-Income Families' Finances and Health Coverage, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. Site provides links for additional publications on children's health insurance.
• Understanding Estimates of Uninsured Children: Putting the Differences in Context. US Department of Health and Human Services, ASPE, 2000. Site provides article on estimates of uninsured children from a variety of national databases. Has good, brief description of databases, charts and why differences exist. A little dated but good academic discussion. References at end of report.

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