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Arizona health insurance will be seeing a change in coverage for their children as about 22,000 poor kids in the state gain health insurance coverage under a Medicaid deal through an agreement with the Obama administration. Kaiser Health News’s article by Phil Galewitz says the agreement allows Arizona to use a combination of country dollars, money from the University of Arizona Health System and money gained from Indian gaming operations to fund health insurance for children.
The funds will be used to start new health insurance programs and pay extra Medicaid dollars to hospitals that are currently treating many uninsured patients, including children. Arizona is the only state where the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) has closed membership due to volume. This federally-sponsored program is an important program helping struggling parents pay for health insurance for their children. The new KidsCare II program is only open to children currently on the waiting list for CHIP and those who are enrolled in Medicaid, but won’t eventually qualify.
Jocelyn Guyer, deputy executive director of the Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University points out that this may not be a total reinstatement of CHIP, but it’s a step in the right direction and it will help out many families in need. This is a crucial time to be helping families who cannot afford quality health insurance for their children. Health care reform continues to be up in the air and no one knows for sure how it will all pan out and affect our country’s children.
Written by Sam Tabes
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Tags: arizona health insurance, children's health insurance, chip, health care, health insurance access
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