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MEDICAID & CHIP IN NORTH CAROLINA <br /> <br />•Medicaid is a health and long-term care coverage program that was <br />enacted in 1965. The Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) was <br />established in 1997 to provide new coverage opportunities for children in <br />families with incomes too high to qualify for Medicaid, but who cannot afford <br />private coverage. <br /> <br /> <br />•2,030,268 million people in North Carolina were covered as of July 2017.