Arizona CHIP To Reopen This Week, Coverage Begins Sept. 1

July 25, 2016 at 2:18 PM
CMS is green-lighting Arizona's request to reinstate its Children's Health Insurance Program, known as KidsCare, and the state will unfreeze its CHIP enrollment Tuesday (July 26) to accept new applications from residents up to age 18 in families that earn between 133 percent and 200 percent of the federal poverty level. Their coverage will begin Sept. 1, CMS said in a release Monday (July 25). The state and experts estimate that around 30,000 to 40,000 children will now be eligible...


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