| The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation makes a strong case for enrolling more kids in West Virginia's state-run children's health insurance programs.
Researchers say CHIP-covered kids are three times more likely than uninsured children to visit a doctor.
CHIP-covered kids are far more likely to get regular checkups.
In West Virginia, 35,000 children with chronic conditions are covered by either CHIP or Medicaid.
Almost 98 percent of those children have a personal physician, far more than the uninsured.
The foundation study released Thursday says special-needs children under CHIP are twice as likely to get mental health care.
CHIP benefits families who earn too much to qualify for Medicaid, but too little to buy private insurance.
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