The Connecting Kids to Coverage Challenge

With the publication of a new report from the Urban Institute about eligible but uninsured children, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan highlighted the Connecting Kids to Coverage Challenge to enroll five million children in Medicaid and CHIP within five years. Although health coverage is currently available to children in families with incomes up to about $45,000 per year in nearly every state, an estimated five million uninsured children are eligible for Medicaid or CHIP but not enrolled.

To read more about the challenge, click here.

To read the report from the Urban Institute (and published in Health Affairs), click here.