Patients faced some changes in Medicaid and SCHIP in 2008, according to a recent report.
|
Increasing
access |
Restricting
access |
| Eligibility |
Colorado, Iowa, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Montana, North Dakota, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina,* Tennessee, Wisconsin |
Rhode Island, South Carolina* |
| Enrollment procedures |
Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, South Carolina, Utah |
California |
| Premiums |
Tennessee, Washington, Wisconsin |
Georgia, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island |
Nineteen states expanded access to public health coverage for low-income children, pregnant women and parents in at least one way. Ten states restricted access in at least one way. States made it easier or harder to obtain Medicaid or State Children's Health Insurance Program coverage by adjusting plan premiums, eligibility requirements or the enrollment process.
* South Carolina introduced simplified forms for enrollment of parents but also established a new waiting period for children.
Source: "Challenges of Providing Health Coverage for Children and Parents in a Recession," Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, January (www.kff.org/medicaid/7855.cfm)
The print version of this content appeared in the Feb 16, 2009 issue of American Medical News.
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