Secretaries Sebelius and Duncan to Announce National Coalition to Enroll Uninsured Kids in Health Care

The Urban Institute’s Genevieve Kenney Will Present New Report on States’ Success Enrolling Target Populations in Medicaid and CHIP

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On Friday, September 3rd, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Education Secretary Arne Duncan will hold a press conference to highlight the Secretary’s Connecting Kids to Coverage Challenge to enroll five million children in Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) within five years. Since Sebelius announced the challenge last February, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have built an unprecedented coalition of partners who have “stepped up” to the challenge to enroll kids and educate families.

Sebelius and Duncan will be joined by Genevieve Kenney of the Urban Institute, whose new report Five Million Eligible But Uninsured: Who and Where Are the Children Yet to Enroll in Medicaid And The Children’s Health Insurance Program? will be released in Health Affairs on-line Friday along with a Health Affairs Commentary by Secretary Sebelius, Rising to the Challenge: Tools for Enrolling Eligible Children in Health Coverage.

WHO:	Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
	Arne Duncan, Secretary, U.S. Department of Education
	Cindy Mann, JD, Deputy Administrator and Director, Center for Medicaid
	Genevieve Kenney, Principal Researcher, The Urban Institute
WHEN:	Friday, September 3, 2010
	9:30 a.m. EDT
WHERE:	U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
	Hubert H. Humphrey Building
	200 Independence Ave. SW
	Auditorium
NOTE:	For those who cannot attend in person but would like to participate in the Q & A portion, a conference line has been provided:
	Dial-In: 888-566-1380
	Passcode: HHS

Following the event, Cindy Mann will lead a stakeholder conversation with Genevieve Kenney of the Urban Institute, “Challenge” partners Dr. Judith Palfrey, President of the American Academy of Pediatrics; Peter Beard, Senior Vice President of Impact Strategies United Way Worldwide and Reverend Heyward Wiggins III of PICO.

The entire event is being webcast at www.HHS.gov/live.

For more information on the Affordable Care Act please visit www.HealthReform.gov

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