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CMS allows Arizona to expand kids' coverage
Arizona has reached a deal with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to expand coverage to children of the state's working poor, reported Kaiser Health News. Arizona's Children's Health
Text4baby to help CMS promote Medicare, CHIP enrollment
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services are looking to the text4baby program to help boost enrollment in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program, the U.S. Department of Health
Providers' financial burdens ease as state covers more kids
At a time when millions of Americans have been falling off insurance rolls, Florida has been able to provide coverage to tens of thousands of children, reports Kaiser Health News. According to a
Budget deal sees some cuts for CHIP, exchanges
Congressional lawmakers avoided a government shutdown last week by agreeing on the contours of a budget for the remainder of the fiscal year, but at the potential cost of trims to several healthcare
Medicaid funding pinch turns into deep bruise
The original $87 billion in Medicaid stimulus funding relieved many cash-strapped Medicaid programs from the need to make catastrophic cutbacks. That funding expires at the end of this year, but
Despite some concerns, AHA supports healthcare bill
While supporting the level of healthcare coverage proposed in House and Senate bills, the American Hospital Association also expressed concerns late last week on many items, including the "tremendous
SPOTLIGHT: States get millions to boost CHIP enrollment
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has awarded $72.6 million in grants to nine states aimed at getting more children health coverage, including both CHIP and Medicaid. Alaska, Alabama, Illinois,
States expanding coverage despite recession
The recession has savaged state budgets, there's no question about that. Nonetheless, it seems states are plunging ahead with changes making it easier for parents, pregnant women and children from
SPOTLIGHT: HHS releases $6B in CHIP funds
HHS has released $6 billion in new funds for the Children's Health Insurance Programs for fiscal 2009. The funds are available thanks to the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of
