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In 1997, the federal government addressed the issue of uninsured children.
With the passage of the Balanced Budget Act, $40 billion in federal matching
funds were made available to states that wanted to expand children’s health
insurance coverage. Ohio implemented CHIPS (Children’s Health Insurance
Program) designed to assist and advocate for low-income, uninsured families
in obtaining the necessary documentation to secure health insurance coverage
through the Healthy Start/Healthy Families initiative. To date more than
1,000 families and children have been assisted by St. Rita’s CHIPS coordinator.
The
program is coordinated out of St. Rita’s MED-CARE Health Clinic. The clinic
helps care for area families with limited incomes, no health insurance and
no family physician. |
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For More Information
(419)
226-9249 |
| Location: |
939 W. Market Street
Lima, Ohio |
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