HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson recently announced the release of a new bilingual booklet to help Spanish-speaking residents and others learn about the availability of free and low-cost health insurance for children in low-income families through the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and Medicaid. The 13-page booklet, written in Spanish and English on alternating pages, is titled, Protect Your Family's Health...with Confidence (Proteja la Salud de su Familia ... con Confianza). The booklet's sections include: information about state and federal health insurance benefits for children and the importance of health insurance to a child's overall health; how to contact a state's SCHIP program; answers to common questions regarding the SCHIP program; and definitions of terms such as SCHIP, Medicaid, and public charge. HHS is also providing these booklets to community health centers and other organizations and will work with states that want to add information about their programs to this booklet. For a free copy of the booklet, go online to www.ask.hrsa.gov and click on the booklet's title. For additional free copies, call 888-275-4772.
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