title: Medicaid at the ten-year anniversary of SCHIP: looking back and moving forward.
abstract: The adoption of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) in 1997 spurred widespread efforts to simplify and revitalize Medicaid coverage for children. To an extent often not recognized, these Medicaid improvements were a key factor behind much of the progress that has been made in covering low-income children: These children's uninsurance rate dropped from 22.3 percent in 1997 to 14.9 percent in 2005, and more than 70 percent of those gains can be attributed to Medicaid. The program, however, faces a number of issues that will need to be addressed if the country is to continue to make progress.
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. ldubay@jhsph.edu
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dubay
authors.forename: Jocelyn
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guyer
authors.forename: Cindy
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mann
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Odeh
mesh_terms: D000385:Aid to Families with Dependent Children / Q000639:trends*; D000846:Anniversaries and Special Events; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000191:economics*; D002669:Child Welfare; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008484:Medicaid / Q000639:trends*; D020380:Needs Assessment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013221:State Health Plans / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States