Despite the recession, 26 states this year made it easier for low-income children, parents or pregnant women to get health coverage, according to a report released Tuesday by the Kaiser Family Foundation. But the gains could be fleeting as most were made possible by new federal stimulus dollars, which run out at the end of 2010, along with a requirement that states maintain Medicaid eligibility levels. The report surveyed how states were handling Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program. “Even with signs of economic recovery, state revenues are still mired in a severe slump and, faced with the end of enhanced federal money after 2010, fiscal shortfalls are likely to cause states to consider significant cuts to Medicaid and CHIP,” said Diane Rowland, executive vice president of the foundation. Among the study’s findings: 18 states expanded eligibility for health coverage, including increasing income eligibility or reducing the waiting periods for children to be uninsured before qualifying for CHIP, and 17 states and the District of Columbia  agreed to cover immigrant children or pregnant women who have been legally in the country less than five years.