Children's Hospital Cites Increase In Medicaid, CHIP Use; Urges CHIP Renewal

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia PolicyLab is using a new survey that shows low-income working parents with employer-sponsored coverage favor public insurance for their children over using their own to urge the renewal of funding for CHIP. The study found from 2008 to 2013, low-income working parents with employer-sponsored insurance for themselves increasingly did not cover their dependents with that insurance but chose the Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid instead. “PolicyLab researchers found a 20 percent increase from 2008...