Who is eligible for CHIP?

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Who is eligible for CHIP?

CHIP targets children who don’t have health coverage and live in families with incomes that don’t qualify for Medicaid but can’t afford private insurance. The essential point is that the program is for uninsured children under 18, and in many cases allows a primary caregiver (parent or guardian) to apply on behalf of that child. This makes the option describing an uninsured child under 18 or a caregiver of a child under 18 the correct one. The other statements misstate scope: CHIP isn’t open to all citizens regardless of income, it uses income thresholds; and it’s not designed for adults over 18 with dependent children (though some states offer related coverage like for pregnant women or parents, those are separate from CHIP’s standard focus on children).

CHIP targets children who don’t have health coverage and live in families with incomes that don’t qualify for Medicaid but can’t afford private insurance. The essential point is that the program is for uninsured children under 18, and in many cases allows a primary caregiver (parent or guardian) to apply on behalf of that child. This makes the option describing an uninsured child under 18 or a caregiver of a child under 18 the correct one.

The other statements misstate scope: CHIP isn’t open to all citizens regardless of income, it uses income thresholds; and it’s not designed for adults over 18 with dependent children (though some states offer related coverage like for pregnant women or parents, those are separate from CHIP’s standard focus on children).

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