Louisiana Provides Details Of Approaching SCHIP Expansion
July 24, 2007 – 10:50 pm | posted in Health InsuranceThe Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals no later than January 2008 will launch a program that allows children in families with annual incomes between 200% and 300% of the federal poverty level to enroll in LaCHIP, the state’s version of SCHIP, the Baton Rouge Advocate reports. The state Legislature appropriated $7.3 million for the LaCHIP expansion, and an additional 9,000 children will be eligible under the expanded program.
Families with incomes between 200% and 300% of the poverty level will contribute to their children’s premium costs on a sliding scale based on income. DHH has not yet determined what the costs for parents will be. The state will pay the remaining costs. Families with incomes less than 200% of the poverty level will not pay premiums. DHH Secretary Fred Cerise said that the state also will start a new marketing effort to enroll in the program an estimated 68,000 uninsured Louisiana children who are eligible for SCHIP. Cerise added that the department will write safeguards to discourage parents from dropping private insurance for their children to receive SCHIP coverage (Shuler, Baton Rouge Advocate, 7/19).
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