Children's Health Insurance Program

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Medicaid and CHIP | Texas Health and Human Services

Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) provide health coverage for low-income children, families, seniors and people with disabilities.

Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Program, & Basic Health Program Eligibility Levels | Medicaid

Program Areas ; Reducing Substance Use Disorders ; Improving Care for Medicaid Beneficiaries with Complex Care Needs and High Costs ; Promoting Community Integration Through Long-Term Services and Supports

Despite high rate of teen pregnancies, Texas lawmakers unlikely to expand Children’s Health Insurance Pr....

When Jazmine Johnson was in high school, she suffered from heavy periods that were so debilitatingly painful, it affected her school performance. Her medical insurance at the time was provided by the Texas Children’s Health Insurance Program, known as CHIP, which provides health care to adolescents whose families are low-income but make too much to qualify for Medicaid. CHIP provided coverage for her medicine, doctors appointments and other medical needs but unlike Medicaid, it typically does not cover the cost of birth control — something ...

Children’s Medicaid and CHIP | Texas Health and Human Services

Children's Medicaid is a health care program for children in low-income families. CHIP is a health care program for children whose families earn too much to get Medicaid but cannot afford health in...

Texas parents wait in limbo as policymakers struggle to save Children's Health I

Texas is pushing the federal government for temporary funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program while Congress fights over a permanent solution.

Health Insurance Premium Payment (HIPP) Program | Texas Health and Human Services

HIPP is the Texas Medicaid program that helps families pay for employer-sponsored health insurance premiums.

Texas Removes 1.3 Million Children From Health Care Plan - Newsweek

Medicaid program. "The health care situation in Texas is very... without health insurance in Texas," Fong said. "An adult may... dependent child under 18. "The additional complication is if...

Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS)

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Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) State Program Information | Medicaid

Program Areas ; Reducing Substance Use Disorders ; Improving Care for Medicaid Beneficiaries with Complex Care Needs and High Costs ; Promoting Community Integration Through Long-Term Services and Supports