Children's Health Insurance Programs
Many states offer health care plans for children of parents, who don't have health insurance through work and cannot afford individual plans. Some states have expanded the plans to cover the parents as well.
The links below will provide information about state run children's health insurance programs.
Alabama > Allkids
Alaska >
Arizona > KidsCare Arizona
Arkansas > Kids First
California > Healthy Families
Colorado > Children's Health Plan Plus
Connecticut > Husky Health
Delaware >
Florida > Florida KidCare
Georgia > PeachCare
Hawaii >
Idaho > The Access Card
Illinois > AllKids Illinois
Indiana > Hoosier
Healthwise
Iowa > Hawk-I
Kansas > HealthWave
Kentucky > KCHIP
Louisiana >
Maine >
Maryland >
Massachusetts >
Michigan > MIChild
Minnesota >
Mississippi >
Missouri > MO Healthnet for
Kids
Montana >
Nebraska >
Nevada > Nevada Check Up
New Hampshire > NH Healthy Kids
New Jersey >
New Mexico > New Mexikids
New York >
North Carolina > NC Health
Choice
North Dakota >
Ohio > Healthy Start
Oklahoma >
Oregon > The Oregon
Health Plan
Pennsylvania >
Pennsylvania CHIP
Rhode Island >
South Carolina >
South Dakota >
Tennessee >
Texas > Texas CHIP
Utah >
Vermont >
Virginia > FAMIS
Washington DC >
Washington >
West Virginia >
Wisconsin >
Wyoming >
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Facts: Children's Health Insurance
(from US Census Bureau)
9.8 million children under the age of 18 had no health insurance at any time in 1995; this is 13.8 percent of all children. Statistically, these estimates are similar to the 1994 estimates of 10.0 million and 14.2 percent, respectively.
Hispanic children were far less likely to have health insurance than White or Black children, and Black children were less likely to have health insurance than White children: 26.8 percent of Hispanic children were without health insurance in 1995, 15.3 percent of Black children, and 13.4 percent of White children.
In 1995, 66.1 percent of all children were covered by an individual health insurance or employment-based health plan.
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