Determining Income Eligibility in Children’s Health Coverage Programs: How States Use Disregards in Children’s Medicaid and SCHIP


 

Publication Date: May 2008

Publisher: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

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Research Area: Health

Keywords: Health Insurance

Type: Brief

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

This brief describes the purpose of income disregards when considering the Medicaid or SCHIP eligibility of children in working families and examines the implications of prohibiting such disregards for health coverage in public programs.Â