Figure 1.

Expansions of children’s eligibility for public insurance >25% federal poverty level, 1999 to 2012.

Source: Authors’ analysis of state eligibility policies. (see Appendix Table A1).

Gray bars denote the states’ eligibility thresholds for 1999. Black bars denote the percentage point change of eligibility expansions 1999 to 2012. Together the gray and black bars denote 2012 eligibility levels. States expansions less than 25 percentage points of the federal poverty level were excluded. All eligibility levels are reported as percent of the federal poverty level.