{"id":5253,"date":"2016-12-10T05:12:41","date_gmt":"2016-12-10T10:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=5253"},"modified":"2016-12-09T09:20:47","modified_gmt":"2016-12-09T14:20:47","slug":"many-parents-with-job-based-coverage-still-turn-to-medicaid-chip-to-insure-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=5253","title":{"rendered":"Many Parents With Job-Based Coverage Still Turn To Medicaid, CHIP To Insure Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Michelle Andrews for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p>Lower income parents who have health insurance through their employers are increasingly likely to forgo family coverage and enroll their kids in Medicaid or the Children\u2019s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) instead, a new study found. Working families\u2019 growing reliance on these programs is something lawmakers should keep in mind when they consider whether to renew financing for the CHIP program in 2017, the study\u2019s lead author said. <a href=\"http:\/\/khn.org\/news\/many-parents-with-job-based-coverage-still-turn-to-medicaid-chip-to-insure-kids\/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+First+Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=38990135&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9ZteKvXflYvRIDbhm611OmG1Iog9YzGTs0tS_ZxNCTAFJpjgr29sJLioX5tYF7z-0eP4P_Q_h1Bq8G64v2f1VqtPU8Ig&amp;_hsmi=38990135\" target=\"_blank\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #444444; text-transform: none; line-height: 1.6; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; background-color: #ffffff; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">Kaiser Health News\u00a0is\u00a0a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. 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