CHIP/Children’s Medicaid
Application Event Planning
Managing your own Community
Service Project
Public Outreach
Insurance agents are only in the business
for the money they can make?
 Insurance agents are not involved in their
local communities?
 Insurance agents don’t care about people
who miss out on health care because they
have no coverage?
 NOT SO!
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COMMUNITY SERVICE
Insurance agents are involved in all areas
of service to their communities
 Insurance agents contribute financially to
the support of their communities
 Insurance agents DO care, that’s why we
do what we do
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Understanding the Difference

CHIP – funded by federal and state dollars
 Available
qualify
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at significantly reduced cost to those who
Children’s Medicaid – funded by federal
and state dollars
 Available
at no cost to those who qualify
You will NOT know for which program
applicants qualify
Do You Really Want to do This?
Good personal experience
 Good for your local community
 Good for TAHU’s Legislative relationships
 Good for TAHU’s public relations efforts
 Good for the individuals you assist
 Good for reducing the current 1 in 6 ratio
of uninsured children in Texas
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Who can Help
Start first with your local chapter
 Go then to HHSC
 Involve the local Texas legislators and
maybe even those in Washington
 Local CHIP Coalition
 School District
 CHIP/Medicaid Health & Dental Plans
 Local Chamber of Commerce
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How do I Plan
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Rob and Duplicate from Other Events
 Planning
timeline
 Involve people who have done it before
Start at least 2 months prior to a
scheduled event
 Application assistants MUST be trained
 Involve merchants in the community
 Take good notes
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Helpers
Chapter Members
 People Who Have Done This Before
 School Societies
 Scouts
 District Staff
 Local College Groups
 Fire and Police Departments
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What’s in it for Me
A warm heart
 Contribution to your community
 Helping others
 Texas could lose its standing as the
highest uninsured population
 No money
 IT’S THE RIGHT THING TO DO!
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