States Maintained Medicaid, CHIP Enrollments in 2010

In 2010, eligibility and enrollment requirements in nearly all states were either maintained or achieved targeted expansions in their Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Programs (CHIP). A total of nine states expanded their CHIP eligibility in varying degrees: Colorado, Kansas, and Oregon increased income eligibility in their Medicaid/CHIP programs; Six states (Delaware, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, and Wisconsin) adopted the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2010’s (CHIPRA) option to provide coverage of lawfully-residing immigrant children without imposing a five-year waiting period; additionally, Oregon added a buy-in program, which resulted in . . .