Note: As of July 1, 2007, Covering Kids & Families has closed. For current information about the uninsured in America, please visit RWJF Coverage.
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You and your children may be eligible for low-cost or free health insurance! Programs exist in every state and the District of Columbia. For information about low-cost and free children's health coverage, visit insurekidsnow.gov. For information on coverage for adults, read the Guides to Finding Health Insurance Coverage in Your State from Cover the Uninsured. Oklahoma - Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy Covering Kids & Families is no longer open to subscribers. Please visit covertheuninsured.org to sign up for e-mail updates on the issue of the uninsured. |
March 1, 1999 The Ins and Outs of DelinkingPromoting Medicaid Enrollment of Children Who are Moving In and Out of the TANF System This issue brief considers the federal law requirements that apply to all Medicaid eligibility determination, including those that occur in the welfare context. It suggests procedures that can promote Medicaid enrollment among eligible children who receive TANF, as well as those whose application for TANF assistance is denied or whose TANF benefits are terminated. It also identifies new options available to states to provide family coverage under Medicaid for parents as well as children’s family coverage expansion can help boost children’s enrollment, and can provide critical support to working families trying to get by with limited earnings. Source: Southern Institute on Children and Families Citation: Mann, Cindy. The Ins and Outs of Delinking: Promoting Medicaid Enrollment of Children Who Are Moving In and Out of the TANF System. Columbia, SC: Covering Kids National Program Office, Southern Institute on Children and Families, March 1999. |
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