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Health Insurance for Every Child
Despite irrefutable evidence that health insurance
is a child's ticket to getting basic health care, millions of
children—especially those whose parents work at low-wage
jobs—remain uninsured today. The goal of our program is to assure
that every child has health insurance coverage and that it is easy for
them to enroll, use health services, and stay insured. Read more about
our health work below.
california
campaign to cover all children
Working in the most populous state in the nation with the largest number
of uninsured children, we joined in 1997 with the Children’s Defense
Fund and Children
Now to mount the 100% Campaign. This is a sustained campaign
that works to keep the issue of health insurance for all children in the
forefront of policy debates and presses for policy advances toward our
goal of securing health insurance for every California child. We
have also joined forces with PICO California
Project and United Way of California and a broad base of
organizations across the state in a targeted and focused campaign to
ensure coverage for all children. Download the campaign print ad or radio ad highlighting the need to cover all children
or visit www.100percentcampaign.org to learn more about
these efforts.
ENROLLING AND KEEPING CHILDREN IN HEALTH
INSURANCE
The Children's Partnership works
at the national and state level to ensure funding for Medicaid and
SCHIP, to increase coverage options for all children and to
streamline enrollment and renewal procedures so that children can
enroll, and remain enrolled, in available programs. Download our
national E-Health Snapshot: Harnessing Technology to Improve
Medicaid and SCHIP Enrollment and Retention Practices, which looks
at promising ways to use technology to create simpler, more effective
enrollment and retention systems. Download our national
report Opening
Doorways to Health Care for Children, which
recommends using commonly used doorways, like hospitals, to
make it easier to children to obtain coverage. Also read our California report Children
Falling through the Health Insurance Cracks,
which deatails how to ensure children with health insurance do
not needlessly lose that coverage.
The Children's Partnership is also a partner with Families USA on their
Campaign for Children's Health Care. The campaign is dedicated to making
the availability of health insurance coverage for all of America's
children a top national priority. Visit the campaign's Web site for more information.
Express Lane Eligibility
With so many children already eligible for public health
insurance, yet not enrolled, The Children’s Partnership began a
research and development program to explore ways to streamline systems
and “express” millions of children into health
coverage. Express Lane Eligibility emerged as an innovative
policy idea that makes it easier for parents to enroll their
children into public health insurance in schools, child care
centers, WIC programs, etc., where large numbers of uninsured children
are located. The Children’s Partnership works, through policy
development, education, and technical assistance, at the federal and
state level to assist in the implementation of Express Lane Eligibility.
Visit www.expresslaneinfo.org, an online clearinghouse, for more information.
Express Lane Eligibility: California Pilot Program
The Children’s Partnership, with The California
Endowment and the Blue Shield of California Foundation, launched a
program to assist around 100 schools in eight districts across
California to pilot Express
Lane. The pilot program is structured to
identify and implement any needed adjustments, to build support with key
constituents, and to ensure that the programs work smoothly before being
take to scale. To learn more about Express Lane in California,
visit www.expresslaneinfo.org/ELE/CA.
Partnership with Small Business in California
The Children’s Partnership works with business
leaders on obtaining health insurance coverage for children because most
uninsured children have a parent in the workplace, often a small
business. We have partnered with small business associations, including
the California Small Business Association and Small Business California,
on several projects that connect small business with viable health
insurance options for employees and their families. Download our
brochure, “What the Small Business Owner Should Know,” to
learn more.
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