Using Information from Income Tax Forms to Target Medicaid and CHIP Outreach: Preliminary Results of the Maryland Kids First Act

Publication Year: 
2009

Principal Investigator David Idala and his team released early findings from their SHARE project, “Maryland Kids First Act Outreach Evaluation.” This issue brief, “Using Information from Income Tax Forms to Target Medicaid and CHIP Outreach: Preliminary Results of the Maryland Kids First Act,” highlights Maryland’s early efforts to use income tax returns to identify potentially eligible - but unenrolled - children. It examines the benefits and drawbacks of this strategy as well as mechanisms for maximizing its effectiveness.

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