Before the introduction of SCHIP in 1997, many low-income children had no dental coverage, significant barriers to care, and were disproportionately more likely to have untreated dental disease. This report examines the connection between SCHIP insurance coverage and access to dental care for...

SCHIP has made substantial gains in providing affordable health coverage to children. However, health insurance alone does not ensure access to needed health services. This paper presents recent evidence about changes in access to care associated with enrollment in SCHIP.

Before the introduction of SCHIP in 1997, many low-income children had no dental coverage, significant barriers to care, and were disproportionately more likely to have untreated dental disease. This report examines the connection between SCHIP insurance coverage and access to dental care for...

Retention is key in achieving SCHIP’s mission to reduce the number of uninsured children. This paper synthesizes the available evidence on disenrollment rates and reasons for disenrollment to produce estimates of SCHIP retention rates. The paper also summarizes the evidence on state SCHIP...

Expanding health coverage for children is at the center of policy debates as reauthorization of the 10-year-old State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) continues. This report presents findings from Mathematica’s comprehensive seven-year evaluation of SCHIP for the Centers for...

Retention is key in achieving SCHIP’s mission to reduce the number of uninsured children. This paper synthesizes the available evidence on disenrollment rates and reasons for disenrollment to produce estimates of SCHIP retention rates. The paper also summarizes the evidence on state SCHIP...

Expanding health coverage for children is at the center of policy debates as reauthorization of the 10-year-old State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) continues. This report presents findings from Mathematica’s comprehensive seven-year evaluation of SCHIP for the 39;47....

This brief, the fifth in a series on critical issues involved in caring for children with special health care needs, notes that about 60 percent of all children have health insurance through a parent's employer, but coverage of services for children with special health care needs varies....

Although there has been great progress in the number of infants screened for permanent hearing loss at birth, there has also been concern about loss to followup among families whose infants screen positive. This article presents findings from a survey of 55 state and territorial universal...

This brief, the sixth in a series on critical issues involved in caring for children with special health care needs, notes that 40 percent of children with special health care needs enrolled in commercial health insurance plans have an emotional or behavioral disorder. Of these children, 34...