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The '''Health Insurance Premium Payment Program''' ('''HIPP''') is a Medicaid program that allows a recipient to receive free private health insurance paid for entirely by their state's Medicaid program. A Medicaid recipient must be deemed 'cost effective' by the HIPP program of their state. Ultimately, the program was made optional, and its use is minimal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hschange.org/CONTENT/393/|title=Issue Brief No. 47|website=www.hschange.org}}</ref> The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (OBRA-90) authorized states to implement an HIPP program. HIPP is for families who have at least one person who gets Medicaid and can get private insurance through a family member's work.
As of 2008, relatively few states had premium assistance programs, and enrollment was relatively low. Interest in this approach remained high, however.<ref>Joan Alker, [http://www.kff.org/medicaid/upload/7782.pdf "CHOOSING PREMIUM ASSISTANCE: WHAT DOES STATE EXPERIENCE TELL US?,"] The Kaiser Family Foundation, May 2008</ref> In some states the HIPP program has been institutionalized by non profit organizations to assist Medicaid recipients with the difficult task of getting into the HIPP program.
==See also== * Health insurance in the United States
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Category:Medicare and Medicaid (United States)