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| Type of Program: State- Initiated, Medicaid Expansion, or Combination | Combination | State-Initiated | Combination, Medicaid expansion with provider premium assistance plan or direct coverage by state if family uninsured | Combination,
State-Initiated and Medicaid Expansion |
Medicaid Expansion | State initiated Medicaid "Look-Alike" in Phase I; link with state-initiated premium assistance program in Phase II |
| Eligibility Levels for CHIP (%FPL) | Phase
I: Medicaid expansion, children ages 14 through 18 under 100% FPL
Phase II: ALL Kids, children ages 0 to 6 @ 133% FPL, 6 through 18 @ 100% FPL, moving to 200% FPL. |
At or
below
185% FPL, children up through age 17 |
Children
up to age 18 at or below 150% FPL, Mass Health Standard
Between 150-200% FPL, depends on insurance status: -If uninsured, Mass Health Family Assistance Plan -If insured, receive premium assistance to purchase group health insurance |
CHPlus:
Children under 19 years up to 230% FPL (rising to 250% in July 2000)
Medicaid: Children under 19 family income up to 100% FPL. |
At or
below 150% FPL (countable income)
up to age 19 |
At or
below 170% FPL
Age 0 to 6 133-170% FPL Age 6 through 18 100-170% FPL |
| Existence of State Children’s Health Insurance Prior to CHIP (excluding Medicaid) | The Alabama Caring Foundation, operated by Blue Cross Blue Shield provided out-patient services to children not eligible for Medicaid | Colorado
Child
Health Plan covered outpatient and preventive services to non-Medicaid children age nine and under in families with income at or below 185% FPL; later through age 13 |
Children’s Medical Security Plan covered non-Medicaid eligible children up to age 19 | Children
in families receiving cash assistance
Children eligible by virtue of a disability Children 0 to 6 at or below 133% FPL Children age 6 through 14 at or below 100% FPL |
State-initiated subsidy program for uninsured families began same month as CHIP | |
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CHIP Implementation Date |
Phase
I: Medicaid Expansion, February 1998
Phase II: ALL Kids – accepted applications September 1998 for benefits which began October 1998. |
April 1998 | Retroactive
to July 1997 for MassHealth to 133% FPL.
Effective August 1998 for MassHealth plans up to 150% FPL. |
April 1998 | January 1998 | July 1998 |
| Number of Children who are Enrolled in CHIP as of December 1998 | 20,600 Total | 17,400 enrolled | Additional children covered in MassHealth and covered by Premium Assistance Plan totaled 42,100. | 270,700 Total | 85,300 Total | 10,400 Total |