Media Coverage
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Arizona Drops Children’s Health Program
The New York Times March 18, 2010 Arizona on Thursday became the first state to eliminate its Children’s Health Insurance Program when Gov. Jan Brewer signed an austere budget that will leave nearly 47,000 low-income children without coverage. The Arizona budget is a vivid reflection of how the fiscal crisis afflicting state governments is cutting…
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CHIPRA Helping Families Get Through Tough Times
Statement by Jocelyn Guyer Co-Director Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families (Washington, D.C.) – As we celebrate the one-year anniversary of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA), it’s a good time to reflect on how this initiative has helped families get through tough times. In the past year, while private insurance became…
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Op-ed: Colorado Kids Can’t Wait; The Opportunity Is Now
When we provide health coverage for kids, we give them the opportunity to grow into healthy adults who live, work and thrive in every Colorado community. But — did you know that… Colorado has the fastest growth rate of kids living in poverty in the nation, with an 85 percent increase over the last nine…
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Program For Children Has Uncertain Future
WASHINGTON — As Democratic Congressional leaders work to merge the House and Senate versions of major health care legislation, a big question is what they will do about the Children’s Health Insurance Program, which now provides coverage to more than nine million children and pregnant women and is expected to cover more than 14 million…
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Tennessee Alone In Capping Child Enrollees
Tennessee is the only state in the union that has closed its federally sponsored insurance plan for children to new enrollees, according to the Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University’s Health Policy Institute. The state on Nov. 30 stopped taking applications for CoverKids, which is Tennessee’s version of the State Children’s Health Insurance…
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For Public, Affordability A Key Issue In Health Bill
Lawmakers debating health care on Capitol Hill have spent months worrying about the potential cost. But mostly it’s been the total cost of the bill, not how much individual families who could soon be required to buy insurance for the first time might have to pay. That could be a costly miscalculation, says health economist…
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Substantial Majority of Americans Report Family Budget Worries Outweigh Federal Budget Concerns in Health Reform
Families Cutting Back Spending Because of High Health Care Costs, Poll Finds (Washington, D.C.) – A new survey released today by the nonpartisan Georgetown University Center for Children and Families (CCF) reveals Americans—by a two-to-one margin—are more concerned about making health coverage more affordable to families than keeping down the federal cost of health care…
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CHIP On Chopping Block In House Health Reform Bill
The Washington Independent November 3, 2009 Nine months ago, Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill were all celebration as they hailed the renewal of the popular Childrenʼs Health Insurance Program. Last week, they called for CHIPʼs demise. The $894 billion, 1,990-page health reform bill unveiled by House Democrats last Thursday would repeal CHIP at the end…
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Adopted Rockefeller Amendment Will Improve Children’s Health Coverage in Senate Finance Committee Health Reform Measure
Statement by Joan Alker, Co-Executive Director, Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University’s Health Policy Institute The Rockefeller amendment is an important step for children and for the nation. It builds on the success of programs that work – Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). By continuing Medicaid for children and CHIP…
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Amended Baucus Bill: Good Politics, Bad Policy?
CQ Health Beat October 2, 2009 October 2, 2009 — Thursday’s efforts by the Senate Finance Committee to prepare health overhaul legislation for Senate floor action gave Democrats breathing room politically by weakening penalties for failing to buy health insurance, but fewer uninsured Americans are expected to gain coverage as a result. In addition, insurers…
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Children’s Health Insurance Program Could be Axed
The Charleston Gazette September 24, 2009 CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Children’s Health Insurance Program would be eliminated by the health care reform bills now before Congress. None of the bills provide a specific replacement for the popular program, according to national child advocacy groups. “CHIP has been an enormously successful program, and it’s not clear…
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23 States Improve Children’s Coverage Despite Economic Slump
Washington, D.C. — Twenty-three states expanded or improved children’s health coverage programs this year despite a tough economic climate, according to a report by the Center for Children and Families (CCF) at Georgetown University’s Health Policy Institute. “Last year, the strong support for children’s health coverage at the state and national level helped to drive…
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Children Gain Insurance, Adults Lose in 2008
Kaiser Health News September 10, 2009 More children had health insurance last year, partially offsetting a growing number of adults who lacked coverage as the troubled economy helped push insurance out of reach for many workers. Different Counts The Census Bureau, to determine the uninsured rate, asks people to recall their insurance status for…
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Children’s Advocates Fear Health Reform Could Undermine CHIP
Yahoo! News August 25, 2009 President Barack Obama signed CHIP reauthorization legislation in February that is expected to expand the program to an additional 6.5 million children through 2013 As Democratic leaders pursue their quest to provide millions of Americans with health care insurance, some advocates see an unlikely casualty of reform: youngsters now covered…
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Survey Cites Kansas for HealthWave Expansion
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Kansas is one of at least 18 states that have expanded health insurance programs for children this year, according to a recent survey by Georgetown University’s Health Policy Institute. “This is a difficult time for state budgets but an even harder time for family budgets, and many states are responding to meet…
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Washington, D.C. — Twenty-three states expanded or improved children’s health coverage programs this year despite a tough economic climate
Washington, D.C. — During tough budget times, most states have maintained their commitment to covering uninsured children, according to Jocelyn Guyer, Co-Director of the Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University’s Health Policy Institute. At least eighteen states have even further strengthened coverage for uninsured children, despite budget problems, according to CCF’s Guyer. “While…
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Opinion: Will Health-Care Reform Hurt Washington Kids?
The historic health-care reform bill makes for an exciting milestone but I am very nervous because it will render obsolete the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). Children would instead be moved into a federal “exchange program.” Could be a smart trade-off. Or it could be the health-care-reform version of cash for clunkers. Washington state…
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Defying Slump, 13 States Insure More Children
New York Times July 19, 2009 Despite budgets ravaged by the recession, at least 13 states have invested millions of dollars this year to cover 250,000 more children with subsidized government health insurance. The expansions have come in the five months since Congress and President Obama used the reauthorization of the Children’s Health Insurance Program…
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Needs of Children Important to Reform, Too Many Without Coverage, Report Says
BNA May 30, 2009 The needs of children must be an important component of health reform efforts, according to a report released May 29 by the Center for Children and Families. Despite gains in insurance for children, many still do not have coverage or suffer from gaps in their care, according to the report, The…
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Georgetown Center for Children and Families Releases Blueprint for Addressing the Needs of Children in Health Reform
Washington, D.C. — Children have unique health needs that should be addressed in health reform, according to a new report by the Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University’s Health Policy Institute. “Almost nine million children are uninsured and many more are at risk of not receiving the health care services that they need…