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Article: The effect of premium changes on SCHIP enrollment duration.(Public Premiums and Benefit Design)(State Children's Health Insurance Programs )(Report)
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- Health Services Research
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- April 1, 2008
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In recent years, states have increased beneficiary cost sharing in their public health insurance programs by increasing premiums or copayments. Historically, most cost sharing increases affecting children occurred in the State Children's Health Insurance Programs (SCHIP) because states could not require cost sharing for children in their Medicaid programs without federal waivers. However, the passage of the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) of 2005 allows for greater cost sharing in Medicaid, and states are now permitted to charge premiums for nonexempt children who reside in families with income greater than 150 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL).
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