Health Insurance Options

A Tip Sheet for Child Welfare Workers— Linking Families to Health Insurance

Publication year: 2015

Author:

Capacity Building Center for States

Description

Child welfare workers can play an important role in helping parents and caregivers understand their health insurance options and enroll in health insurance through the Health Insurance Marketplace or Medicaid. This tip sheet provides information on health insurance options and eligibility to aid child welfare workers in their work with parents and caregivers, including birth parents, foster parents, relative guardians, and adoptive parents.

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Suggested Citation

Capacity Building Center for States. (2015). Health Insurance Options. Children’s Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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Health Coverage for Homeless and At-Risk Youth

Homeless and at-risk youth are likely to be eligible for health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act (often referred to as the ACA). The ACA vastly simplifies and expands access to affordable health care, including for low-income and homeless youth, and allows states to expand eligibility for Medicaid, a health care program for low-income individuals.

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