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1 Introduction
Pages 3-6

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... The program is financed jointly by the federal government and the states, and it is administered by the states within broad federal guidelines. States offer this expanded coverage through Medicaid program coverage expansions or stand-alone programs aimed specifically at providing health coverage to children.
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... Thus, although CHIP funds are no longer allocated on the basis of coverage estimates, it is presumed that the results of that mandated assessment could be used in assessing the appropriateness of a future CHIP funding formula -- one that includes estimates of the low-income uninsured population of children -- as well as to meet other specific pro visions of CHIPRA and the new health reform legislation that require estimates of health insurance coverage for children primarily to assess state performance and assist in program evaluation. WORKSHOP FOCUS To address the provisions of CHIPRA that call for an assessment of the accuracy and adequacy of databases on which estimates of children's health insurance coverage are based, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation of the U.S.
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... This report was prepared by a rapporteur and does not represent findings or recommendations that can be attributed to the steering committee. Indeed, the report summarizes views expressed by workshop participants, and was not designed to generate consensus conclusions or recommendations but focused instead on the identification of ideas, themes, and considerations that contribute to understanding.
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... Chapter 6 introduces a somewhat different approach to estimating coverage, summarizing three presentations on the main modeling strate gies for improving estimates using multiple data inputs. Two Census Bureau models are designed to provide reliable data for poverty and health care coverage: the Small Area Income and Poverty Estimation and the Small Area Health Insurance Estimation projects.
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