Solutions for the Uninsured

Tax Credits for the Uninsured
While some groups would like to see the United States move towards a system of government-sponsored universal healthcare, a federal health tax credit is now an idea with significant bipartisan political support.

State Childrens' Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)
The State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) began in 1997. Also know as Title XXI, SCHIP was part of the federal Balanced Budget Act of 1997. SCHIP provides states with grant funds in order to provide health insurance to uninsured children with incomes of up to 200 percent of the federal poverty level. SCHIP represents the most comprehensive federal effort to ensure health insurance coverage of children since the creation of Medicaid. But since the states have several options as to how they can develop programs to provide coverage to the children in their states, different parts of the country have been more successful than others in reaching out to low-income kids.

HIFA Waiver Programs for Expanding Private Sector Coverage
HHS Secretary announced on May 9, 2001, a new program designed to promote states' flexibility and innovation in the 1115 and 1915 wavier programs. The prominent feature of the program is the promotion of approaches that increase private health insurance coverage options for the uninsured. The program does not require any further infusion of federal or state funding. By completing the application template, states will significantly reduce their time and resources expended, and review of the application will be expedited.

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