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(2023) \"An Extent of Children’s Health Coverage: Medicaid, CHIP, and Beyond,\"Journal of Applied Research on Children: Informing Policy for Children at Risk: Vol. 14: Iss. 2, Article 6.  \nDOI: [https://doi.org/10.58464/2155-5834.1542](https://doi.org/10.58464/2155-5834.1542)  \nAvailable at: [https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/childrenatrisk/vol14/iss2/6](https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/childrenatrisk/vol14/iss2/6)  \nThe Journal of Applied Research on Children is brought to you for free and open access by CHILDREN AT RISK at DigitalCommons@The Texas Medical Center. It has a \"cc by-nc-nd\" Creative Commons license\" (Attribution NonCommercial No Derivatives) For more information, please [contact](contact digitalcommons@exch.library.tmc.edu)[ digitalcommons@exch.library.tmc.edu](contact digitalcommons@exch.library.tmc.edu)  \nAn Extent of Children’s Health Coverage: Medicaid, CHIP, and Beyond  \nAcknowledgements  \nGood afternoon, Erika, This is to acknowledge your request to review the Word document version to view and address the copy editor's changes and comments within the document, particularly about the references. We have addressed the editor's comments as requested and attached the revised manuscript to the system. Please let us know the outcomes as soon as possible. We appreciate your support and cooperation in this matter. Thanks. Rohitha Goonatilake  \nThis supleam doctrina (additional scholarship) is available in Journal of Applied Research on Children: Informing  \nPolicy for Children at Risk: [https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/childrenatrisk/vol14/iss2/6](https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/childrenatrisk/vol14/iss2/6)  \nAn Extent of Children’s Health Coverage: Medicaid, CHIP, and Beyond  \nAlberto Gonzalez and Rohitha Goonatilake§  \nDepartment of Mathematics and Physics  \nTexas A&M International University  \n5201 University Boulevard  \nLaredo, Texas 78041-1900, USA  \n§Corresponding author: [harag@tamiu.edu](harag@tamiu.edu)  \nPublished by DigitalCommons@TMC, 2023 1  \nAbstract  \nThis article examines children's health coverage today and explores the ways and means to ensure its financial sustainability and the factors associated with it. As extensively argued, long term negative effects could be on health, education, and financial success as an adult. It also suggests that reductions in children’s coverage could have broader implications and long-term negative effects on their health, education, and eventually on their financial success as adults. However, despite the decades of progress, mostly bolstered by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a new funding mechanism needs to besought to safeguard the coverage and address the rapidly growing uninsured rate among children. Further, we analyze the pros and cons of these efforts statistically.  \nKeywords: Medicaid and CHIP, enrollment, trends, policy  \nINTRODUCTION  \nOver the past few decades, children’s health coverage in the United States has transformed significantly, particularly with the expansion of Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)3. These initiatives aim to reduce the number of uninsured children and provide essential medical services that contribute to a healthier start in life. 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