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Article: CHIP fills in for kids without health insurance
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- The Billings Gazette
- Article date:
- April 4, 2006
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When Sandee Schell got a job at Family Services Inc. last fall, she reaped an obvious reward a regular paycheck.
But there was a negative side to the single mom's sudden income increase: Her teenage daughter no longer qualified for health insurance through Medicaid.
"I had a two-week notice that I was losing Medicaid," Schell said.
The government insurance program had paid for her daughter's health care, including two visits a month with a therapist. Without assistance, the appointments were going to cost Schell $65 apiece.
She despaired until a co worker told her about the Children's Health Insurance Plan, or CHIP, a state program that provides health insurance benefits to children at ...