HHS Approves Illinois Plan to Expand Health Insurance Coverage to Reach as Many as 300,000 Uninsured Residents
U.S. Newswire, September, 2002
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 /U.S. Newswire/ -- HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced the approval of Illinois' request to expand health insurance coverage to as many as 300,000 state residents without health insurance under the Administration's Health Insurance Flexibility and Accountability (HIFA) Initiative.
Initially Illinois will use unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) dollars to offer health insurance to low- income, uninsured parents of children in SCHIP or Medicaid. The first stage of the program will be offered to parents with incomes of up to 49 percent of the federal poverty level. The federal poverty level (FPL) is $18,100 for a family of four. State officials expect 29,000 parents to enroll in this initial stage. Over time, the state...
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