Insurance options for children include Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), or private health insurance programs. Income levels can affect which insurance options a person’s ...

Congress can't seem to make up its mind about what to do with health care. And the uncertainty looks eerily familiar to folks who watch children's coverage: The Children's Health Insurance Program and ...

Murphy is a resident physician at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Keppel is a resident physician at Brigham and Women’s and Boston Children’s hospitals. With the passage of President Trump’s tax bill and its ...

The Children's Health Insurance Program covers annual check-ups and more medical procedures for nearly 9 million kids in low-income families, but congressional bickering is putting it at risk, NBC ...

Discover how Medicaid and CHIP differ in coverage, eligibility, and benefits for low-income children, helping you navigate ...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Erin Booth’s five-year-old son was diagnosed with leukemia. She and her husband qualified for Medicaid under a program enacted during the health crisis and that federal ...

Arizona and Florida — whose rates of uninsured children are among the highest in the nation — set goals last year to widen the safety net that provides health insurance to people 18 and younger. But ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Challenging what it called a “backdoor” attempt to expand entitlements, Florida has filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration in a long-running dispute about a program that ...

A recent analysis showed the rate of uninsured children in the U.S. grew from 2022 to 2024. Experts say this could lead to ...

Healthcare is critical for a child’s long-term well-being. Children who have access to insurance coverage are more likely to receive preventive care and services such as routine physicals, ...