CHIP

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CHIP is a U.S. government program that provides low-cost health coverage to children in families that earn too much to qualify for Medicaid but cannot afford private insurance.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
CHIP canonical 8

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf U.S. federal-state program ⓘ
public health insurance program ⓘ
administeredBy Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ⓘ
appliesToDemographic children ⓘ
pregnant women in some states ⓘ
canBeStructuredAs Medicaid expansion program ⓘ
combination program ⓘ
separate child health program ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
coverageArea District of Columbia ⓘ
U.S. territories ⓘ
all 50 U.S. states ⓘ
createdBy Balanced Budget Act of 1997 ⓘ
formerName State Children's Health Insurance Program ⓘ
fundedBy U.S. state governments ⓘ
linked to: U.S. states

federal government of the United States ⓘ
fundingStructure joint federal-state financing ⓘ
hasAbbreviation SCHIP ⓘ
hasAcronym CHIP ⓘ
hasCharacteristic capped federal allotments to states ⓘ
means-tested ⓘ
state flexibility in program design ⓘ
implementedBy District of Columbia ⓘ
U.S. states ⓘ
U.S. territories ⓘ
inception 1997 ⓘ
legalForm Title XXI of the Social Security Act ⓘ
legislativeExpansion Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 ⓘ
offers dental care coverage ⓘ
doctor visits coverage ⓘ
emergency services coverage ⓘ
hospital care coverage ⓘ
immunizations coverage ⓘ
mental health services coverage ⓘ
prescription drugs coverage ⓘ
substance use disorder services coverage ⓘ
vision care coverage ⓘ
operatedBy federal government of the United States ⓘ
purpose cover children in families with incomes too high for Medicaid but too low for private insurance ⓘ
provide low-cost health coverage to uninsured children ⓘ
reauthorizedBy Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 ⓘ
Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 ⓘ
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ⓘ
linked to: Affordable Care Act
relatedTo Medicaid ⓘ
signedBy President Bill Clinton ⓘ
linked to: Bill Clinton
sponsor Senator Edward Kennedy ⓘ
linked to: Edward M. Kennedy

Senator Orrin Hatch ⓘ
linked to: Orrin Hatch
startTime 1997 ⓘ
targetIncomeRange above Medicaid eligibility and below private insurance affordability ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.