Medicaid and Schip Recent Hhs Approvals of Demonstration Waiver Projects Raise Concerns

States provide health care coverage to 40 million low-income uninsured adults & children through 2 Fed.-state programs -- Medicaid (M) & the State Children's Health Insur. Prog. (SCHIP). M covers low-income families & elderly & disabled individuals, while SCHIP provides health coverage to children in families whose incomes, while low, are above M's eligibility require. HHS has indicated that it would allow states greater latitude in using waivers (W) to modify the M & SCHIP prog. This report examines: What types of W proposals have been submitted & approved? Has HHS ensured that the approved W are consistent with the goals & fiscal integrity of M & SCHIP? & To what extent has there been opportunity for public input in the process? Tables.Allen, Kathryn G. is the author of 'Medicaid and Schip Recent Hhs Approvals of Demonstration Waiver Projects Raise Concerns' with ISBN 9780756729196 and ISBN 075672919X.