The North Carolina Pediatric Society

About NC Covering Kids & Families

The program advances social justice by promoting public health insurance for children in low income, working families.  It supports equity by reducing disparities and improving access to services, thereby enhancing the lives of children, families and communities now and in the future.  The three basic goals are:
  • To conduct outreach to identify and enroll eligible children in Health Check/NC Health Choice;
     

  • To simplify processes for enrollment and re-enrollment in Health Check/NC Health Choice;
     

  • To coordinate health care coverage programs for low-income children.


Constituency Pieces 9/07

Helping People Apply

Local Coalitions

Issues

White Papers

Electronic Notes


 

 



 

 

Constituency Pieces

Doctors & Dentists Executive Summary
Doctors & Dentists

Hospitals Executive Summary
Hospitals

Local Government Executive Summary
Local Government

Local Medicaid by County - Data Table

Long Term Care Executive Summary
Long Term Care

Medicaid Expenditures by County

PCI Ratio Sort

Retail & Real Estate Executive Summary
Retail & Real Estate

State Impact Executive Summary
State Impact Overview

State Medicaid by County - Table 1
Supplement by County
Supplement Table 1
Supplement Table 2




Issues

Why Do School Outreach?
1/15/2004
 

White Papers

Enrollment in Publicly Subsidized Health Insurance for Children:
Need and Program Participation in North Carolina
Patricia Garrett, Ph.D
Program Director, Covering Kids and Families
North Carolina Pediatric Society Foundation

Full Document


Why Parents Do Not Re-Enroll Their Children:
The Case of a Children’s Health Insurance Program in Southeastern NC
Jammie Price, PhD
Associate Professor of Sociology
Department of Sociology and Social Work
Appalachian State University

with Jennifer Boswell, BA, Melanie Lessard, BA and Katie Wood, BA

Abstract    Full Document



Promoting Children’s Access to Health Insurance by Posting Outstationed Workers:
Some North Carolina Experiences
Kisha Merchant, MPH
National Center for Health Workforce Analysis

Overview       Full Document
 

 


 

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