Editing Medicaid (section)

=== Children and SCHIP ===
A child may be eligible for Medicaid regardless of the eligibility status of his parents. Thus, a child may be covered by Medicaid based on his individual status even if his parents are not eligible. Similarly, if a child lives with someone other than a parent, he may still be eligible based on its individual status.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MedicaidEligibility/Downloads/MedicaidataGlance05.pdf|title=CMS.hhs.gov|website=hhs.gov|access-date=December 4, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228045355/http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MedicaidEligibility/Downloads/MedicaidataGlance05.pdf|archive-date=February 28, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>

One-third of children and over half (59%) of low-income children are insured through Medicaid or [[SCHIP]]. The insurance provides them with access to preventive and primary services which are used at a much higher rate than for the uninsured, but still below the utilization of privately insured patients. As of 2014, rate of uninsured children was reduced to 6% (5 million children remain uninsured).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kff.org/health-reform/issue-brief/childrens-health-coverage-the-role-of-medicaid-and-chip-and-issues-for-the-future/ |title=Children's Health Coverage: The Role of Medicaid and CHIP and Issues for the Future |first1=Elizabeth |last1=Cornachione |first2=Robin |last2=Rudowitz |first3=Samantha |last3=Artiga |date=June 27, 2016 |publisher=[[Kaiser Family Foundation]] }}</ref>