SCHIP Sources
by Emily
on November 18, 2007
“Veto Stands on Measure to Expand Health Plan ,” by Robert Pear, The New York Times , January 24, 2008.
“Awaiting the next chapter of SCHIP, Medicare saga ,” American College of Physicans Observer , November/December 2007.
“States sue federal government over tighter SCHIP limits, ” by Doug Trapp, American Medical News, October 22/29, 2007.
“New SCHIP Legislation Makes Significant Changes fromo Vetoed Bill to Focus More Heavily on Poor Children, ” by Edwin Park and Judith Solomon, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, October 25, 2007.
Kaiser Daily Health Policy Reports:
“Capitol Hill Watch | Medicaid Eligibility Issue in SCHIP Negotiations, Lawmakers Say ,” November 19, 2007
“Capitol Hill Watch | Lawmakers Will Not Reach SCHIP Agreement Before Thanksgiving, Sen. Grassley Says ,” November 14, 2007.
“Capitol Hill Watch | House To Vote on Revised SCHIP Bill; HHS Secretary Leavitt Says Bush Administration Would Accept Measure That Increases SCHIP Funding by $20B Over Five Years ,” October 25, 2007
“Coverage & Access | Eight States Plan To File, Join Lawsuits Against Bush Administration Challenging New SCHIP Eligibility Rules, ” October 2, 2007
“Capitol Hill Watch | House Approves SCHIP Compromise Bill, With Insufficient Votes To Overturn Veto ,” September 26, 2007
“Capitol Hill Watch | Senators Introduce Legislation That Would Block Bush Administration Rules Limiting SCHIP Eligibility To Lowest-Income Children ,” September 14, 2007
“Capitol Hill Watch | Senate Approves Legislation To Expand SCHIP by $35B Over Five Years ,” August 3, 2007
“Capitol Hill Watch | Senate Votes To Begin Debate on SCHIP Reauthorization, House Agrees on Revisions to Its Version ,” July 31, 2007
“Capitol Hill Watch | Sens. Kennedy, Hatch Release Recommendations for SCHIP Reauthorization, Including Support for Increase in Federal Tobacco Tax To Fund Program ,” June 7, 2007
“Capitol Hill Watch | Congress Approves FY 2008 Budget Resolution With Additional $50B for SCHIP Expansion ,” May 18, 2007
“Capitol Hill Watch | Senate Approves FY 2008 Budget Resolution; House Passes Supplemental Spending Bill, ” March 26, 2007
“Capitol Hill Watch | Rep. Dingell, Sen. Clinton Introduce Legislation To Expand SCHIP ,” March 14, 2007
“Administration News | Bush FY 2008 Budget Proposal Includes $101.5B in Medicare, Medicaid Savings ,” February 5, 2007
“Children’s Health Bill Dispute Turns to Income Limits, ” by Doug Mills, The New York Times, October 17, 2007.
“States to Challenge Bush Over Insurance ,” by Tom Hester Jr., Associated Press, October 1, 2007.
“Absence of Medicare provisions in SCHIP bill changes the stakes ,” by Jeffrey Young, The Hill , September 20, 2007
“Snapshot: SCHIP is not eroding private health coverage ,” by Jared Bernstein, September 12, 2007
“No Child Left Uncovered ,” by Gregory D. Curfman, M.D., Stephen Morrissey, Ph.D., and Jeffrey M. Drazen, M.D. Volume 357:1036-1037, Number 10 – New England Journal of Medicine: September 6, 2007.
“What Happened to the Insurance Coverage of Children and Adults in 2006? ” by John Holahan and Allison Cook, The Urban Institute for the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, September 2007.
“Spitzer and Schwarzenegger lobby Bush on children’s health care, ” by John Kekis, The Associated Press, August 29, 2007
“Children’s Health Coverage: States Moving Forward, ” Georgetown University Health Policy Institute Center for Children and Families, Updated July 20, 2007
“Insuring All Children — The New Political Imperative, ” by John K. Iglehart, Number 1 Health Policy Report, New England Journal of Medicine, Volume 357:70-76, July 5, 2007
“Rules May Limit Health Program Aiding Children ,” by Robert Pear, The New York Times, August 21, 2007
“Senate Passes Children’s Health Bill, 68-31, ” by Robert Pear, The New York Times, August 3, 2007
“House Passes Children’s Health Plan 225-204, ” by Robert Pear, The New York Times, August 2, 2007
“Expanded Health Program for Children Causes Clash, ” by Robert Pear, The New York Times, April 1, 2007
“LOTT-McCONNELL SCHIP PROPOSAL WOULD FAIL TO MAKE PROGRESS IN COVERING UNINSURED CHILDREN: Proposal also Includes Risky Provisions that Preempt State Health Insurance Laws , ” by Edwin Park and Matthew Broaddus, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, August 1, 2007
“Children’s Health Insurance Program Renewal Wins Strong Support from Finance Panel, Heads to Full Senate, ” Committee on Finance News Release, U.S. Senate, July 19, 2007.
“Congress wants to enlarge SCHIP; Bush seeks limit, ” by Doug Trapp, American Medical News, April 23/30, 2007.
“Clearing Up Confusion on the Costs of Covering Uninsured Children Eligible for Medicaid or SCHIP ,” by Edwin Park, Robert Greenstein, and Matthew Broaddus, March 13, 2007
“Bush budget plan slashes billions from Medicare, Medicaid spending: Democratic leaders in Congress reject many of the president’s proposed cutbacks, ” by David Glendinning and Doug Trapp, AMNews, February 26, 2007.
“Resuming the Path to Health Coverage for Children and Parents: A 50 State Update on Eligibility Rules, Enrollment and Renewal Procedures, and Cost-Sharing Practices in Medicaid and SCHIP in 2006, ” Prepared by Donna Cohen Ross and Laura Cox, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and Caryn Marks, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, January 2007
“Revisiting Crowd-out, ” by Lynn A. Blewett and Kathleen T. Call, State Health Access Data Assistance Center, The Synthesis Project, Update 2007.
“Statisticians boost effort to block children’s health-insurance expansion, ” Copyright: McClatchy Newspapers, 2007
“Income Eligibility Levels for Children”s Separate SCHIP Programs by Annual Incomes and as a Percent of Federal Poverty Level, 2006, ” The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, July 2006.
“Medicaid/SCHIP, ” American Physical Therapy Association