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).