Celebrating 25 Years of the Children's
Health Insurance Program
A quarter century after its passage, the
Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) is a resounding success, due to
the hard work and partnership of the states and numerous stakeholders with
the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). This has resulted in
millions of children and families enrolling in quality, affordable health
coverage and getting the comprehensive health care that help children thrive.
Before CHIP was enacted, 10 million children, or 15 percent of all
children, were uninsured. Twenty-five
years later, because of CHIP the number of uninsured children has dropped 70%
to roughly 3 million children in 2021, or 3.7 percent
of all children. In FY
2020, approximately 9.1 million children were enrolled in CHIP.
Check out our fact sheet to learn more about CHIP at 25!
Other Resources:
Current & Upcoming
Observances:
- National Immunization Awareness Month (August)
- Children’s Eye Health & Safety Month (August)
- National Health Center Week (August 7 – 13)
- Children’s Health Day (August 13)
Stay Connected with the
Campaign
- Share our Campaign materials. Our ever-growing, multi-lingual Outreach Tool Library features a
variety of targeted resources to use in your outreach and enrollment
efforts, available in multiple formats.
- Contact us.
To get more involved with the Campaign, contact us via email at ConnectingKids@cms.hhs.gov.
- Follow the Campaign on Twitter. Remember to re-tweet or share our messages from @IKNGov with your social network and be
sure to use our #Enroll365 and #KidsEnroll hashtags in your posts.
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