WASHINGTON — After years of success in covering more of America’s children, new Census Bureau data released today show that the number of uninsured children has increased for the second consecutive year and has hit a new high, according to the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families. In 2006, the number of uninsured children […]
Children were well served by their political leaders this week. Both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate voted to approve legislation to reauthorize the SCHIP program and ensure that millions more of America’s children will have the health care coverage that they need. Read the Full Statement
Cindy Mann, executive director of the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families, issued the following statement on the release of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Children’s Health and Medicare Protection (CHAMP) Act of 2007 (H.R. 3162) to renew the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). The House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman’s bill […]
WASHINGTON — The vast majority of American voters strongly support extending State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) coverage to more uninsured children, according to a nationwide poll released today by Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families. This is the first poll to ask voters about much debated issues –– such as covering parents and […]
Cindy Mann, executive director of the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families, issued the following statement on the release of the Senate Finance Committee chairman’ s proposal to renew the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP): The release of the Senate Finance Committee Chairman’s proposal to renew the State Children’s Health Insurance Program sends […]
The Bush administration’s new estimates on the number of uninsured children are inconsistent with the facts, the reality of states grappling to provide coverage to uninsured children, and the need for strong federal action on SCHIP reauthorization. Some nine million children in the United States lack health care coverage, according to commonly-cited, respected sources. […]
