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Medicaid and CHIP

Together, Medicaid and CHIP provide coverage and care to more than 70 million Americans, including millions of low-income children. The nation’s rural and underserved communities rely on a stable, strong Medicaid program, for their health and economic future. Working with its Better Health – NOW Campaign Partners, the Primary Care Collaborative provides policymakers with recommendations on how Medicaid and CHIP can foster better health by strengthening primary care.

Promoting Better Health for All Americans through Medicaid and CHIP

By pivoting more resources to primary care, Medicaid and CHIP can ensure patients in rural and underserved communities have access to a trusted usual source of care – helping promote more trust in the health care system and deliver better  care for all Americans.

PCC went through an extensive process to review payment and delivery reform policy evidence and then to prioritize key policies to focus on for the Better Health – NOW campaign. As a result of this effort, BHN calls upon Medicaid and CHIP leaders at the federal and state levels to:

  • Support state Medicaid and CHIP programs in offering well-designed population-based payment models that include enhanced investment in primary care and strong alignments of payment and measurement approaches across payers.
  • Promote and equip primary care to integrate whole-person health, especially integrated behavioral health care.

One-in-Five Americans

Medicaid and CHIP provide coverage and care to nearly 70 million people across the nation – or roughly twenty percent of all Americans.

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