Health Care for Uninsured Children

Compiled by Patricia Helgerson, October 2001

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Are We Responding to Their Needs? States' Early Experiences Serving Children with Special Health Care Needs Under SCHIP. Urban Institute, 2001. (368.6/Ur1d/pt.2) Seventeen percent of low-income uninsured children have special health care needs due to a disability or chronic illness. This report is "based on a qualitative analysis of the implementation experience of an 18-state sample." [Includes Wisconsin] -executive summary. http://newfederalism.urban.org/pdf/occa48.pdf

BadgerCare. Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance, 2001. (368.6/W753) An overview of BadgerCare. Includes a table of BadgerCare enrollment by county, among other tables and charts.

"BadgerCare: A Case Study of the Elusive New Federalism". Peggy L. Bartels and Pris Boroniec, Health Affairs, 1998. (614.23/P94/v.17, no.6) Addresses federal barriers to BadgerCare.

BadgerCare Revised. Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau, 2000. Budget Brief 00-2. http://www.legis.wisconsin.gov/lrb/pubs/budbriefs/00bb2.pdf

CHIP: Dental Care for Kids. National Conference of State Legislatures, 1999. (614.235/N21) Overview of oral health status of children and how state programs, including Medicaid and CHIP, are used to help children in low-income households.

"Eliminating Barriers to Enrollment in the Children's Health Insurance Program". Trudi Matthews, Health Policy Monitor, 2000, v.5, no.1. (368.6/M43) Dr. Lillian Gibbons and Laura Summer discuss barriers to enrollment and strategies available to states.

Exploring a New Option: Section 1115 Demonstration Waivers Under the State Children's Health Insurance Program. National Conference of State Legislatures, 2001. (368.6/N21t) Section 1115 of the Social Security Act authorizes research and demonstration projects under which HCFA can allow states to implement state-devised approaches normally not allowed under SCHIP. Wisconsin is one of seven states featured.

Has the Jury Reached a Verdict? States' Early Experiences with Crowd Out Under SCHIP. Urban Institute, 2001. (368.6/Ur1d/pt.1) "`Crowd out' - broadly defined as the substitution of public health insurance for private health insurance coverage."-executive summary. Eighteen states are studied and key informants interviewed, including Wisconsin. http://newfederalism.urban.org/pdf/occa47.pdf

"Health Care Access and Use Among Low-Income Children: Who Fares Best?" Lisa Dubay and Genevieve M. Kenney, Health Affairs, 2001. (614.23/P94/v.20, no.1) Examines how low-income children with Medicaid coverage compare to low- income children with private health insurance.

How Familiar Are Low-Income Parents with Medicaid and SCHIP? Urban Institute, 2001. (369.33/Ur1g/pt.1) The programs are in place, but do parents know about them? Why does awareness vary so much from state to state? http://newfederalism.urban.org/pdf/anf_b34.pdf

Increasing Dentists' Participation in Medicaid and SCHIP. National Conference of State Legislatures, 2001. (614.235/N21a) Medicaid requires states to provide oral health services to all enrolled children. SCHIP does not require oral health services. Low numbers of participating dentists is another stumbling block to increasing dental care for low-income people.

Making it Simple: Medicaid for Children and CHIP Income Eligibility Guidelines and Enrollment Procedures - Findings from a 50-State Survey. Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, 2000. (369.33/K12d) Results of a 50-state survey on the enrollment process in children's Medicaid and state CHIP programs. http://www.kff.org/content/2000/2166/hjksmall.pdf

Marketing Medicaid and CHIP: A Study of State Advertising Campaigns. Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, 2000. (368.6/K12b) Analysis of states' advertising campaigns including interviews with officials and reviews of TV, radio, and print ads from 38 states. http://www.kff.org/content/2000/2213/2213.pdf

Medical Assistance and BadgerCare. Wisconsin Legislative Fiscal Bureau, 2001. (369.33/W7p) Good overview of Medicaid and BadgerCare in Wisconsin. Includes several charts and tables. http://www.legis.wisconsin.gov/lfb/lfbinfo.html

Most Uninsured Children Are in Families Served by Government Programs. Urban Institute, December 1999. (Series B, No.B-4) "Using estimates drawn from the 1997 National Survey of America's Families (NSAF), this brief examines the potential of certain federal programs for reaching the families of uninsured children." -introduction. http://newfederalism.urban.org/html/series_b/b4/anf_b4.pdf

Nearly 95 Percent of Low-Income Uninsured Children Now Are Eligible for Medicaid or SCHIP. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, December 6, 2000. An analysis of census data which shows deteriorated coverage for children below 100 percent of the poverty line but improvements elsewhere. http://www.cbpp.org/12-6-00schip.pdf

The Origins and Implementation of BadgerCare: Wisconsin's Experience with the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). Milbank Memorial Fund, 2001. (368.6/M58d) What makes BadgerCare different from other state-initiated SCHIP programs is that it includes uninsured parents. Other state and federal policymakers have noticed. http://www.milbank.org/010123badgercare.html

Recent Trends in Children's Health Insurance Coverage: No Gains for Low-Income Children. Center for Studying Health System Change, April 2000. (Issue Brief findings from HSC, no.29) Public coverage for low-income children has increased while private coverage has decreased. This paper explores those changes and factors that may explain why. http://www.hschange.org/CONTENT/42/?topic=topic13

SCHIP: Money Matters. National Conference of State Legislatures, 2000. (368.6/N21o) Focuses on several state funding issues regarding SCHIP implementation and maintenance efforts. Includes 3 tables comparing various costs by state.

Staff Memorandum to Members of the Special Committee on Dental Care Access. Wisconsin Legislative Council, 2000. (LegisCl/1999-2001/m-4) (noncirculating) Several staff memoranda regarding dental services and Medicaid and BadgerCare. http://www.legis.wisconsin.gov/lc/studies/DCA/dca%5Fmaterials.htm

Why Aren't More Uninsured Children Enrolled in Medicaid or SCHIP? Urban Institute, 2001. (369.33/Ur1g/pt.2) Of parents who had heard of the programs, reasons given for not enrolling include: did not think they were eligible and not enough information, but a high percentage cited administrative hassles. http://newfederalism.urban.org/pdf/anf_b35.pdf

Wisconsin BadgerCare: Health Insurance for Working Families. Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, 1999. (HFS/b) (noncirculating) Printouts from DHFS Web site on BadgerCare. http://www.dhfs.state.wi.us/badgercare/index.htm

Related Websites

http://www.abcforhealth.org - ABC for Health, Inc. A "Wisconsin-based nonprofit public interest law firm dedicated to ensuring health care access for children and families, particularly those with special needs or who are at risk." -web site.

http://newfederalism.urban.org/health_policy.html - Assessing the New Federalism. An Urban Institute project. Link to 12 documents on CHIP dating from October 1997 to July 2001 (all in pdf format).

http://www.cbpp.org/ - Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. A search on the topic "health" takes you to several reports and a link to the center's Start Healthy, Stay Healthy campaign.

http://www.childrensdefense.org - Children's Defense Fund. Click on "Children's Health Insurance Program".

http://www.hcfa.gov/init/children.htm - Children's Health Insurance Program, by the U.S. Health Care Financing Administration.

http://www.cmwf.org/ - The Commonwealth Fund. A "private foundation that supports independent research . . ." Click on "Child Health and Development" and "Health Insurance/The Uninsured".

http://www.coveringkids.org - Covering Kids. Established by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to help states and local communities reduce the number of uninsured children.

http://www.ed.gov/chip/ - Insure Kids Now: Children's Health Insurance Program. Through the U.S. Department of Education.

Clippings: (Noncirculating; available for use in the library; clippings prior to 1981 are on microfiche)

Hospital, medical care, and surgical insurance plans; Blue Cross-Blue Shield: 368.6/W7z (Wisconsin); 368.6/Z (United States)
Medical care for the poor; Medicaid program: 369.33/W7z (Wisconsin); 369.33/Z (United States)

BadgerLink: www.badgerlink.net

Search the ProQuest Newspapers and EBSCOhost databases for full text articles. Suggested search terms: BadgerCare (one word); children and uninsured and health; SCHIP; uninsured children.