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Iowa’s Income Tax Return

For the 2008 tax form filed in 2009, the response rates of the 450,861 taxpayers who claimed at least one dependent child were:  13.7% of families reported the absence of health care coverage;  62.7% of families reported the presence of health care coverage; and  25.3% of families did not report. Department of Revenue cover letters with application brochures were sent to 57,450 potentially eligible households. Of these, 475 marked application brochures were returned and completed as follows:  140 applications were approved for hawk-i  191 applications were referred to Medicaid  1 pending  143 were denied for: Missing information was not received = 42 (29.5%) Over income = 28 (19.5%) Noncompliant with Medicaid = 47 (33%) Over age 19 = 7 (4.75%) Other health insurance = 6 (4%) Child did not live with applicant = 4 (3%) Home address not in Iowa = 2 (1.5%) Immigration document invalid or missing = 7 (4.75%) The results were that 471 (239 in hawk-i and 232 in Medicaid) previously uncovered children now have health care coverage. The costs for the project were $0.68 per household for materials and distribution. If you divide the cost by those children who now have health care coverage, the cost is $83.16 per applicant enrolled.

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Effective Date:

Approval Date: 86

Iowa’s Income Tax Return

For the 2008 tax form filed in 2009, the response rates of the 450,861 taxpayers who claimed at least one dependent child were:  13.7% of families reported the absence of health care coverage;  62.7% of families reported the presence of health care coverage; and  25.3% of families did not report. Department of Revenue cover letters with application brochures were sent to 57,450 potentially eligible households. Of these, 475 marked application brochures were returned and completed as follows:  140 applications were approved for hawk-i  191 applications were referred to Medicaid  1 pending  143 were denied for: Missing information was not received = 42 (29.5%) Over income = 28 (19.5%) Noncompliant with Medicaid = 47 (33%) Over age 19 = 7 (4.75%) Other health insurance = 6 (4%) Child did not live with applicant = 4 (3%) Home address not in Iowa = 2 (1.5%) Immigration document invalid or missing = 7 (4.75%) The results were that 471 (239 in hawk-i and 232 in Medicaid) previously uncovered children now have health care coverage. The costs for the project were $0.68 per household for materials and distribution. If you divide the cost by those children who now have health care coverage, the cost is $83.16 per applicant enrolled.