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Cover the Uninsured WeekHelp Uninsured Families During the Children's Health Insurance Drive
There are 9 million uninsured children in the U.S. The annual Cover the Uninsured Week awareness campaign helps uninsured families find proper health insurance.
The Cover the Uninsured Week runs every year at the end of April. Cover the Uninsured highlights the uninsured crisis that affects 47 million Americans, including 9 million children. Cover the Uninsured began when Congress initiated the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) to provide children’s health insurance. Title XXI of the Social Security Act, SCHIP allows state-by-state governance of children’s health insurance program design. In most states, people are eligible to get children’s health insurance if they:
The children’s health insurance plan pays for doctor visits, immunizations, hospitalization and emergency room treatment, and includes families with various immigration status. Myths and Facts from the Cover the Uninsured website:
Cover the Uninsured Week helps bring awareness to uninsured children by staging events and fundraisers across the U.S. Enrollment events have volunteers available to help uninsured families determine whether they qualify for programs like Medicaid, hospital charity care, prescription drug assistance or services provided by community health centers. If qualified, volunteers help uninsured families get the ball rolling by starting the application process together. Some fast facts about the uninsured crisis faced in America today:
Learn more about benefits for uninsured children or Cover the Uninsured events in your state. Source: CoverTheUninsured.org
The copyright of the article Cover the Uninsured Week in Health Insurance is owned by Lisa Nichols . Permission to republish Cover the Uninsured Week in print or online must be granted by the author in writing.
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