Hhs Approves Michigan Request to Expand Coverage to Uninsured Adults

U.S. Newswire › January 16, 2004

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 /U.S. Newswire/ -- HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced the approval of Michigan's request under the new, more flexible Health Insurance Flexibility and Accountability (HIFA) Initiative to expand the use of SCHIP funds to offer health insurance to adults who are currently uninsured.

The state will expand health insurance coverage to childless adults with family incomes at or below 35 percent of the federal poverty level. Michigan is the ninth state to use the HIFA waiver to expand access to health care coverage. New Mexico, Oregon, Illinois, Colorado, New Jersey, Maine, Arizona and California also have been granted HIFA waivers.

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Hhs Approves Michigan Request to Expand Coverage to Uninsured Adults

"This new HIFA initiative gives states the flexibility they need to ad...

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