Report Summarizes Medicare and Medicaid Study Findings from T.A. Brooks and Co-Researchers (Despite Boosting Children’s Coverage Rates To Historic…

Report Summarizes Medicare and Medicaid Study Findings from T.A. Brooks and Co-Researchers (Despite Boosting Children's Coverage Rates To Historic Levels, Medicaid And CHIP Face An Uncertain Future)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News -- Investigators publish new report on Medicare and Medicaid. According to news reporting originating in Manchester, New Hampshire, by VerticalNews editors, the research stated, "The Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which was enacted twenty years ago, covers uninsured children who do not qualify for Medicaid but lack access to affordable coverage. Together these safety-net programs have boosted the health insurance coverage rate among US children to historic levels, exceeding 95 percent of children in 2015."

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research, "However, the future of both CHIP and Medicaid is uncertain. In the current congressional debate over the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid has become a target for potential funding reductions and other changes that would undermine the scope of children's coverage. Congress has yet to act to extend CHIP funding beyond September 30, 2017, when the current appropriation expires."

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: "State and federal policy makers should act now to preserve the foundation of coverage currently in place while striving to ensure that every child in the United States has health coverage."

For more information on this research see: Despite Boosting Children's Coverage Rates To Historic Levels, Medicaid And CHIP Face An Uncertain Future. Health Affairs, 2017;36(9):1652-1655. Health Affairs can be contacted at: Project Hope, 7500 Old Georgetown Rd, Ste 600, Bethesda, MD 20814-6133, USA.

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting T.A. Brooks, CHIP, Manchester, NH, United States.

Keywords for this news article include: Manchester, New Hampshire, United States, North and Central America, Medicare and Medicaid, Health Insurance, Health Policy, Medicaid.

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