Report to the President on School-Based Outreach for Children's Health Insurance

摘要

Schools and early child care/education programs are a promising place to conductoutreach for children's health insurance. Most uninsured children can be found in these settings and most parents look to schools and early childhood programs for information they can trust related to their children. However, schools and early childhood programs face multiple barriers in conducting health insurance outreach, including constraints on time, resources and expertise, as well as privacy issues that limit information sharing. In order to facilitate school-based outreach for children's health insurance, the Federal Government, the States, schools and other partners must join together to break down existing barriers and connect eligible children with the health coverage they need. This Report proposes a set of recommendations that would greatly reduce the existing barriers that keep school-based outreach from becoming an integral part of school business.