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Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)

The Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) provides health coverage to nearly 8 million children in families with incomes too high to qualify for Medicaid, but can’t afford private coverage. Signed into law in 1997, CHIP provides federal matching funds to states to provide this coverage.

State and Federal Funding for CHIP

Like Medicaid, CHIP is administered by the states, but is jointly funded by the federal government and states. The Federal matching rate for state CHIP programs is typically about 15 percentage points higher than the Medicaid matching rate for that state (i.e. a State with a 50% Medicaid FMAP has an “enhanced” CHIP matching rate of 65%). Every state administers its own CHIP program with broad guidance from CMS.

State Options for Designing the CHIP Program

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