Details of the Florida Healthy Kids Corporation's Experience

Rose M. Naff shared Florida Healthy Kids Corporation’s cost-sharing experience both at the SCHIP Workshop held Sanibel Island, Florida, June 29-July 1, 1998, and Portland, Oregon, September 14-16, 1998. Eligibility in Florida's Healthy Kids Program versus eligibility in New York's Child Health Plus Program was as follows:

In addition, in Florida's Healthy Kids, family contributions, based on Federal Poverty Level (FPL), were as follows:

• Families up to 130 percent of FPL are charged $10-15 per household.
• Families between 131-200 percent of FPL are charged $15 per household.
• Families with income above 200 percent of FPL are charged $48-62 per child.

According to Ms. Naff, cost-sharing affected enrollment in two ways:

• When monthly premiums were increased for all families, 39 percent of participants disenrolled from the program.

• A greater proportion of those disenrolling after the premium increase were from the participant population that was previously fully subsidized (80 percent) rather than those families who were already paying some premium (20 percent).

Related Questions:

• Results of the Florida Healthy Kids Corporation's Experience

Show me more State strategies

• SCHIP Guidance - State Strategies

What led to this?

• What Are the Effects of Copayments and Premium Cost-Sharing on Access and Utilization in State Expansion Programs?

What other issues are talked about in this section?

• Results of the Study "The Use of Sliding Scale Premiums in Subsidized Insurance Programs"
• Background About New York State's Child Health Plus Program
  • Details of New York State's Program
  • Lessons Learned From New York State's Program

Who presented this material?

• Rose M. Naff