Arizona becomes the last state to provide health insurance to low-income children : washingtonpost

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Arizona becomes the last state to provide health insurance to low-income children

Arizona becomes the last state to provide health insurance to low-income children

Arizona is rejoining a children's health insurance program for low and middle-income families, becoming the last state in the union to provide coverage for health care, dental care, speech therapy and other services to families who don't qualify for Medicaid.The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced Monday that it had approved Arizona's plan to unfreeze enrollment in the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), effective Tuesday.The insurance program, funded jointly by the state and federal governments, covers children up to age 18 whose families earn too much to qualify for Medicaid but don't have their own health insurance.


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30K kids in Arizona could soon get health insurance

30K kids in Arizona could soon get health insurance

Thousands of children across Arizona do not have health insurance, but that could be changing.KidsCare is starting to accept applicants for its health insurance program.According to the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, about 30,000 children in Arizona may soon have insurance.


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Pensioners health insurance scheme soon in Puducherry

Pensioners health insurance scheme soon in Puducherry

Puducherry, July 31 (): The Directorate of Health and Family Welfare Services today said it would soon roll out a Pensioners Health Insurance scheme for retired government staff.Dr K V Raman, Director, said the directorate was now working out modalities of the insurance scheme for retired staff.This category of people could neither be accommodated under Below Poverty Line scheme or under any other scheme, he said.