About Medicaid, CHIP and the Oregon Health Plan
Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) are national programs. Together, they provide free or low-cost health care to people of all ages with limited income and resources. They help people and families who need help paying for medical or long-term care. Across the United States, Medicaid and CHIP cover 92 million people.
Each state has its own Medicaid and CHIP program. Program names are different from state to state. For example, Washington's program is Apple Health. California's plan is Medi-Cal. Oregon's program is the Oregon Health Plan (OHP). OHP covers 1.48 million (or one in three) Oregonians.
Each state may also differ in their approaches to state and federal policy. See Oregon's state rules and agreements with the federal government on how OHP works: