CHIPRA Celebrates Anniversary

It’s been two years since Congress enacted legislation to strengthen the Children’s Health Insurance Program, known as Hoosier Healthwise. And at this party, Indiana kids are getting the presents.

United Way of Madison County understands the importance of Madison County children getting the care they need. As a result, our goal is to increase by one-third the number of healthy kids and adults over the next ten years – covering uninsured kids is one of the key ways we’ll measure our progress.

The children’s health law has helped Indiana cover more uninsured children through Hoosier Healthwise. As a result, Over 811,000 children can get the checkups and preventive care they need to stay healthy and see the doctor when they get sick or injured.

That means parents struggling to keep their families afloat during tough economic times can have confidence that a playground injury or flu outbreak won’t drive the family deeper into debt. It means Indiana uses health dollars wisely – keeping kids healthy, rather than spending more on emergency room care for problems we should have prevented. And it means federal tax dollars come back into our economy, to protect local health care jobs.

Join us in celebrating this important anniversary, while helping us move closer to our health goal. Let your representatives in the statehouse know that covering uninsured children should be a top priority this year. And spread the word to parents in your community about Hoosier Healthwise, so we can help even more uninsured children to get the care they need to grow and thrive.

For additional information on Hoosier Healthwise or to find your local enrollment center, please call 765-608-3060.