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Update on the State Children's Health Insurance Program
Leona Cuttler, MD;
Genevieve M. Kenney, PhD
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2009;163(2):103-107.
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Despite apparent widespread support,1-12 the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)—a program that provides health insurance for millions of near-poor children—was not reauthorized in 2007.13-15 At a time when many states were considering SCHIP a pivotal piece of larger plans to achieve universal health insurance coverage for children,14 two 5-year SCHIP reauthorization bills, HR 97616 and the final 2007 proposal HR 3963,17 were passed by Congress and sent to the president in 200718 (an earlier bill, HR 3162,19 that was more expansive than either of these passed the House of Representatives but was never voted on by the Senate). Both were vetoed, and neither veto override was successful. At the eleventh hour (December 2007), a short-term extension of SCHIP was approved instead of a 5-year reauthorization. This law, S 2499/Pub L 110-173,20-21 extended SCHIP only through March 2009. It included funds to address . . . [Full Text of this Article]WHAT WAS PROPOSED FOR SCHIP BY CONGRESS AND ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS
Funding Eligibility for SCHIP Quality and Access to Care Increasing Enrollment and Retention in SCHIP WHY WAS SCHIP NOT REAUTHORIZED IN 2007?
DECISIONS ABOUT SCHIP WILL HAVE A GREAT EFFECT ON CHILDREN AND PEDIATRICIANS
FUTURE OF SCHIP
AUTHOR INFORMATION
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