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News From Mathematica
March 1, 2007: A Semimonthly Update on New Publications, Presentations, and Other Developments
In This Issue:
SCHIP Congressional Briefing Webcast Now Available
Making Health Care a Reality for Low-Income Kids and Families: New Brief Released
New Citizenship Requirements Cause Confusion for Children's Health Programs
Check the Early Childhood Experts Presenting at SRCD in March
Fact to Consider:
Almost three-fourths of America's nine million uninsured children are eligible for coverage under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) or Medicaid. Source: See below. |
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Authorization for SCHIP expires this fall, and policymakers are looking at the past 10 years of SCHIP to help inform their upcoming decisions. At a February 26 congressional briefing in Washington, DC, Judith Wooldridge, Mathematica senior vice president, shared the podium with Senators Edward Kennedy and Orrin Hatch, as well as other experts, to present implications from our research.
Listen to the webcast of the event, sponsored by the Alliance for Health Reform and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Click here for details and materials for the briefing.
Read more about Mathematica's SCHIP research. |
Best Practices in Covering Kids and Families
 “Making Health Care a Reality for Low-Income Children and Families.” Judith Wooldridge, February 2007. Mathematica’s wide-ranging evaluation of Covering Kids and Families (CKF), a national initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is documenting the program’s success in increasing enrollment in the State Children’s Health Insurance Program and Medicaid. This brief reviews evaluation findings about best practices in this area, including information about the potential value of outreach and other types of program supports. The study found that enrollment increases were most likely when the full set of CKF strategies was implemented: an effective coalition, successful efforts to simplify enrollment and coordinate coverage, sustained intensive outreach, and innovative projects emanating from local programs. In addition, the best results occurred when states were not facing budget pressure (and thus not inclined to cut outreach or make enrollment more difficult).
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Citizenship Requirements
 “Deficit Reduction Act Citizenship Requirements Through the Eyes of Covering Kids & Families Grantees.” Sheila Hoag, February 2007. The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 attempted to reduce the federal budget deficit by implementing changes in a wide range of federal programs, including Medicaid. Among the changes, the act requires that all Medicaid recipients and future applicants prove their citizenship and identity. This brief presents the results of a survey of Covering Kids & Families grantees in 31 states within the first month that citizenship requirements were in effect. Grantees reported initial confusion among state officials and advocates about what the law required, causing delayed implementation in some states. Grantees also described potentially serious consequences, including lower Medicaid and SCHIP enrollment, more people without insurance, increased churning, and higher costs.
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Out and About at SRCD
 We hope that those of you planning to attend the 2007 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development in Boston, March 29 through April 1, will check out our lineup of experts on the program. Presentations include sessions on early academic achievement and poverty, Early Head Start issues, fatherhood and children's development, preschool assessments, and many other topics of interest. See who is presenting.
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