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The New Children's Health Insurance Program. (Special Analysis).

Readings on Family Planning Needs and Services

| January 01, 1999 | Gold, Rachel Benson | COPYRIGHT 1999 Guttmacher Institute. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Targeted at uninsured, low-income individuals through age 18, the federally mandated State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) will be structured and administered largely by the states. Depending on the eligibility and program design decisions states make, as well as on the extent and quality of their outreach efforts, CHIP could serve as an important source of financial support for family planning and maternity services for the over one million currently uninsured female adolescents in the United States.

As part of last year's balanced budget legislation, Congress established the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in order to expand health ...

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