WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Bob Casey announced today that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded $499,750 to two Pennsylvania organizations to help identify and enroll children who are uninsured but eligible for either the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) or Medicaid.
“I believe that it is our duty to ensure that our children have access to quality health care,” Senator Casey said. “Since 1997, CHIP has been a hugely successful program, insuring almost 196,000 children in Pennsylvania alone as of this month. CHIP is a program that works for our children and I’m pleased that two Pennsylvania organizations are receiving funds to enroll more uninsured children in CHIP and Medicaid.”
Concern for Health Options, Information, Care & Education (CHOICE) in Philadelphia has been awarded $200,000 and Consumer Health Coalition in Pittsburgh has been awarded $299,750.
The funding is part of $100 million for fiscal years 2009-2013 set aside by the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 to help identify and enroll eligible children.
Enrollment and retention efforts will target geographic areas with high rates of eligible but uninsured children, particularly those with racial and ethnic minority groups who are uninsured at higher-than-average rates.
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