CIDLLAPEE Medicaid and children’s health insurance programs are policies that are available to address the underinsured and the uninsured.

CIDLLAPEE Medicaid and children’s health insurance programs are policies that are available to address the underinsured and the uninsured. The uninsured and the underinsured include poor people. the disabled: and children. Medicaid is handled both federally and through the state government as well. Since not every state has the same population of lower-class citizens. it is up to the state on hov-r to appropriately expand Medicaid programs. In the expansion of Medicaid: they used this to expand the eligibility requirements among Americans and how their benefits would be provided as well as reimbursement options [Patel 8; Ftushefslty: EUEU}. Not every American is going to fit into all of the eligibility boxes. so expanding the guidelines can create more spots for people to gain access to health insurance. The expansion of Medicaid would be beneficial to lower—income individuals to be able to gain access to proper healthcare and benefits to healthcare providers as well because they wouldn’t have to pay so much for uncompensated care {Patel 3: Rushefslty. 2023]. They had to make it appealing to the healthcare providers as 1.vell as the W else there probably would have been more opposition. One of the other large uninsured populations is children. With the development of the Children’s Health Insurance Program [CHIP] children have been given an opportunity to have access to health insurance. Children are especially vulnerable since they are dependent Mg]; families [Patel 8; Rushefslty. EUEU}. With the unfortunate truth that those living in poverty suffer high health risks: the CHIP program would help children still have better health outcomes regardless of their birth status. The CHIP program covers children up to the age of 19 for families who don’t qualify for Medicaid [Patel 3. Flushefslty: EUEU). Investing in health insurance for children can be seen as investing in the future. This is why Medicaid has also expanded to cover pregnant women as well. Since the children of today will be the working citizens of the future. it is best if we take care of their health needs now so they are healthy enough to take us forward. The federal government gave the state government the power and option to expand the Medicaid and CHIP programs: and they used a financial incentive to do it as well since not all states were eager to expand. Eloth of these programs have helped reduce the number of uninsured Americans today. I mentioned a couple of times that l worlt in an optometry office and we come across the Medicaid and CHIP programs when pulling authorizations. l have worked there long enough that l have seen some of the same patients who first walked into the office with no insurance for their children come in again a year later with a Medicaid CHIP card. You can see the relief on their faces when they see that their children don’t have to wait until they are much older to check their vision. As small as this may seem: in recent years more and more children have developed eye issues at a younger age. The ability for them to access good healthcare insurance and services can help children address their eye problems earlier. Comment on the statement above. Do yott agree or disagree”.l Why or Twhy not