The first 2 years of a state child health insurance plan: whom are we reaching?

Objective: The Colorado Child Health Plan Plus is a non-Medicaid state Child Health Insurance Plan. The objective of this study was to compare early enrolling (EE) children with uninsured children in low-income families (ULI) with respect to 1) sociodemographic factors and previous insurance, 2) health status, and 3) previous health care access and utilization.

Methods: Cross-sectional telephone surveys were conducted during 1999 of 1) randomly selected EE children (n = 711) and 2) ULI children identified by random-dial survey (n = 105).

Welfare to work: the effect of a health-care program in child-care centers.

Objective: Welfare reform has increased pressure on welfare recipients to enter the labor force. When they become employed, former recipients often do not have paid leave that can be used to care for their young children when they are sick. We wished to determine whether an on-site health-care program in child-care centers serving low-income families affected the amount of time parents took off of work to care for mildly ill children.