Initiatives

State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)

NEW FIRST FOCUS REPORT EXPOSES INACCURACIES ON CHILDREN'S HEALTH BILL
Report Empirically Refutes Claims of a Government Takeover of Health Care (PDF)

Can the President's Health Care Tax Proposal Serve as an Effective Substitute for SCHIP Expansion (PDF)

Kids Waiting for Coverage: How Many Are in Your State? (PDF)

What Happens if SCHIP Reauthorization Isn't Done in Time? (PDF)

Summary of the Rockefeller-Snowe Children's Health Insurance Program (Chip) Reauthorization Act Of 2007 (Word doc)

Highlights Of The Rockefeller-Snowe-Kennedy Chip Reauthorization Bill (Word doc)

Recommendations for Congressional Action (Word doc)

Key Elements Of The Financing Structure (Word doc)

MaineCare and SCHIP: Health Insurance for Maine Children (PDF)

Comparison of Proposed SCHIP Reauthorization Legislation (PDF)

Reauthorizing SCHIP
The State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) deservedly enjoys broad support as a successful program. That success rests on a legislative foundation enacted as a result of careful bi-partisan compromise. Title XXI of the Social Security Act established a federal-state partnership program with a delicate balance of state flexibility and core program requirements. SCHIP was created with the goal of providing health coverage for low-income, uninsured children. This essential program, now serving more than six million annually, is up for reauthorization this year.
Reauthorizing SCHIP is intended to inform federal policy makers working to review and renew SCHIP, as well as others concerned with its future, about the views of state SCHIP directors.

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